A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s2.20

v1.c20.s2.20

Peculiarities found in quotations from Agniveśa which throw doubt on their authenticity or point to a date later than Dṛḍhabala’s completion of the Carakasaṃhitā are: the use of the term ekarūpa yakṣman for an epidemic disease; 234 the absence of yukti as a means of knowledge; 235 the number of hairs of the human body; 236 the presence of two different quotations on the same subject; 237 a quotation in verse, corresponding to a passage in prose of the Carakasamhitā; 238 the description of pralepaka fever; 239 the description of śvasana fever; 240 the description of the symptoms of death by drowning; 241 the description of addiction to alcohol and opium; 242 the description of the purification of ullipāṣāṇa. 243