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A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c21.18

A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c21.18

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AṄGIRAS87 is one of the sages who took part in the gathering on the slopes of the Himālayas described in the first chapter of the Carakasamhitā and the Bhāvaprakāśa. The Carakasamhitā also mentions him as one of the sages who, by means of a particular rasāyana, became free from disease and the afflictions of old age (Ci.1³.4–6). A MS of the Ātreyasaṃhitā mentions a medical treatise called Āṅgirā.88

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