A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c22.19

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BHAVYADATTA77 was a commentator on the Carakasamhitā according to P.V. Sharma.78 Bhavya(datta) is quoted by Gopāladāsa in his Cikitsāmṛta, Niścalakara,79 and Śivadāsasena.80 Some quotations may be from a commentary, but not clearly from a commentary on the Carakasamhitā.81 Works by Bhavya(datta), mentioned by Niścala, are the Vaidyapradīpa, also called Vaidyakapradīpasaṃgraha and Bhavyadattasaṃgraha, and the Yogaratnākara.82 Bhavyadatta’s Vaidyapradīpa was esteemed by Niścala, who calls its author a prāmāṇikāgraṇī.83 The author of the Yogaratnākara is referred to as a vidyāmahāvrata.84 Bhavyadatta’s Vaidyapradīpa bases its text more than once on the works of Vāgbhaṭa.85 Niścala rather often mentions Bhavya(datta) in the company of Bakula. P.V. Sharma assigns Bhavyadatta to the twelfth,86 G. Hāldār to the eleventh century.87