A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s3.62

v1.c20.s3.62

Hoernle’s train of thought does not carry conviction. The Siddhayoga contains many verses found in the chapters of the Carakasaṃhitā that derive from Dṛḍhabala; it is unacceptable to assume that all this material occurred primarily in the Siddhayoga and was put to use by Dṛḍhabala. Not a single instance can be discovered in the commentaries that would confirm Hoernle’s hypothesis. On the contrary, the Kusumāvalī, for example, has a remark, indicating that a particular recipe, useful against unmāda, was explained by Jejjata, which means that it was borrowed from Drdhabala’s chapter on the treatment of this disorder.599 Decisive evidence, overlooked by Hoernle, is the presence in the Siddhayoga of the new diseases described by Mādhava, which were unknown to Drdhabala.