A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c20.s3.8

v1.c20.s3.8

The conclusions reached with regard to the question which chapters of the Cikitsāsthāna were added by Dṛḍhabala does not solve the problem of the correct order of the chapters of that section. The usual arrangement presents a picture in which five of Caraka’s chapters appear, singly or in a cluster, at various places among those from Drḍhabala’s pen, while Jīvānanda’s order groups them together. Most scholars regard Jīvānanda’s arrangement as a secondary development. 298 This view is supported by the table of contents in chapter thirty of the Sūtrasthāna, 299 the order of the chapters in the Nidānasthāna, 300 and the commentaries of Jejjata and Cakrapāṇidatta. 301