A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c21.7
A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c21.7
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The Brahmavaivartapurāṇa mentions him as one of the sixteen pupils of Bhāskara to whom the āyurveda was passed on after its creation by Brahmā; each of them composed a medical treatise; Agastya’s work was known as the Dvaidhanirṇayatantra.¹² Hemādri refers in his Lakṣaṇaprakāśa to Agastya¹³ as one of a long series of sages from whom the āyurveda originates.¹⁴ Agasta is also mentioned as an originator of āyurveda in the Rasendrasambhava.
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- Brahmavaivartapurāṇa — Vyāsa, Sanskrit