A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s3.27

v1.c20.s3.27

Cakrapāṇi’s mention of Videha as an author from whom Dṛḍhabala borrowed is confirmed by the former’s comments on the latter’s opinion about the number of diseases of the mouth (mukharoga) to be distinguished.524 Dṛḍhabala prefers Videha’s number of sixty-four to the number of sixty-five, acknowledged by Suśruta, in agreement with Bhoja.525 The number of Dṛḍhabala’s diseases of the ear (karṇaroga), namely four, completely disagrees with Suśruta’s number of twenty-eight.526