A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c22.151

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Anonymous quotations are frequent and have only in part been traced.⁵²⁰ Usually, Śivadāsasena agrees with Cakrapāṇidatta, but on several occasions he disagrees with him,⁵²¹ preferring the views of Vāgbhaṭa⁵²² and their interpretation by Aruṇadatta,⁵²³ or those of Anantasena, his father and teacher.⁵²⁴ On other occasions he rejects Vāgbhaṭa⁵²⁵ or does not decide, regarding a series of contradictory statements as equally authoritative.⁵²⁶ Of special interest are Śivadāsasena’s expositions on the nature of the doṣas,⁵²⁷ as well as those on taste (rasa)⁵²⁸ and vipāka.⁵²⁹ He distinguishes between two types of health (ārogya)⁵³⁰ and describes three types of koṣṭha, adding a group of persons with a madhyakoṣṭha to those with a mṛdu- and krūrakoṣṭha.⁵³¹