A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s3.22

v1.c20.s3.22

Inconsistencies within Caraka’s parts of the Carakasaṃhitā may point to interpolations by Dṛḍhabala. An example, discovered by A.F.R. Hoernle, 518 is the description of raktagulma in chapter five of the Cikitsāsthāna, while this disorder is absent from chapter three of the Nidānasthāna. The addition of raktagulma may be accounted for by borrowing from a surgical treatise. 519