A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s3.26

v1.c20.s3.26

Cakrapāṇi’s reference to Suśruta raises the question whether this remark is trustworthy, and, if so, which version of the Suśrutasamhitā was known to Dṛḍhabala, the original text or the revised one. P.V.Sharma inclines to the view that Dṛḍhabala made use of the old version of the Suśrutasamhitā, before a reviser had reshaped it; he also suggested that this reviser, in his turn, had recourse to Dṛḍhabala’s version of the Carakasamhitā.523 The problems connected with this question will be discussed in the context of Dṛḍhabala’s date.