A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c21.55

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Bharadvāja’s fame as a medical authority spread to Tibet. He is mentioned in the Mahāvyutpatti as Bha-ra rgyal-mchan.¹⁸⁹ The Tibetan medical historiographer Jayapaṇḍita Blo-bzaṅ-hphrin-las (second half seventeenth century) writes in his Thob-yig that an Indian physician, called Bharadvāja, was invited to the court of the famous king Sroṅ-bćan-sgam-po (first half seventh century).¹⁹⁰ The same story is found in other Tibetan works.¹⁹¹ This Bharadvāja is credited with two medical treatises;¹⁹² he is also said to have translated, in collaboration with the Nepalese physician Balaha, Indian medical treatises into Tibetan.¹⁹³