A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c22.57

v1.c22.57

Narahari gives in his Vāgbhaṭamaṇḍana the following laudatory epithets to Hariścandra: munitulya, nayavid and sakalavaidyamānyatama. Śrīdāsapaṇḍita eulogizes Haricandra as the foremost authority on internal medicine. 272 Some of his views on particular subjects are mentioned by Niścala. Haricandra acknowledged eighteen types of kṣaya; 273 he distinguished a gulma in women caused by ārtava and a gulma caused by blood occurring in both males and females. 274