A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s2.15

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G. Mukhopadhyaya’s allegation that Agniveśa’s work still existed when the old Sauśrutatantra was redacted by Nāgārjuna and became known as the Suśrutasaṃhitā, 226 rests on very slender evidence. The Suśrutasaṃhitā does not mention Agniveśa’s name; it only refers to the treatises of the six kāyacikitsā specialists 227 and several other groups of experts, used in the composition of the Uttaratantra (Su.U.1.4cd–8ab); this is a statement of the same type as that found at the beginning of Vāgbhaṭa’s works.