A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c22.186

v1.c22.186

Svāmikumāra states that he consulted Hariścandra's commentary before starting to write his own and repeatedly quotes from it;⁵⁶⁴ for his part, Svāmikumāra is quoted by Jejjaṭa; he is therefore later than Hariścandra and earlier than Jejjaṭa.⁵⁶⁵ An unsolved problem is whether a commentator called Svāmidāsa⁵⁶⁶ is the same as Svāmikumāra or not.⁵⁶⁷ It has been suggested that one of the pañjikākāras, mentioned by Dalhaṇa, may be Svāmikumāra,⁵⁶⁸ and that he also may be identical with an Indian physician, called Kumārabhaṭṭa, who became a popular teacher of āyurveda in Thailand.⁵⁶⁹