A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s3.24

v1.c20.s3.24

The question has now to be asked where Dṛḍhabala gleaned his information from. His own statement about his sources is vague (Si. 12.36cd-40ab). Cakrapāṇidatta identifies them as the treatises of Suśruta, Videha and others, which cannot be regarded as a satisfactory answer. Cakrapāṇi obviously refers to Suśruta as a representative of śalya and to Videha as a śālākya specialist, but omits to authors on kāyacikitsā who must have been among Dṛḍhabala’s sources for his chapters on internal medicine.