A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c22.86

v1.c22.86

It mattered very much to Jejjaṭa to determine which readings of the Carakasaṃhitā could be regarded as genuine. An important example is found in his comments to chapter thirty of the Cikitsāsthāna, where verses 128cd–287 are rejected by him, although these are acknowledged by the kāśmīrāḥ and saindhavāḥ.³⁶⁷ Some other verses, regarded as spurious by Jejjaṭa, are Ci.3.194ab–195cd and 211–214.³⁶⁸ Niścala records that Jejjata did not accept Ci.4.66 as authoritative.369 The recension adopted by Jejjata as authoritative differs at a considerable number of places from the one recognized by Cakrapāṇidatta.370 An interesting example is Ci.30.82, where būka and pullāsa are substituted for veṇu and kośāmra.371 Jejjata does not accept the readings of the gauḍa, kāśmīra and saindhava recensions of the Carakasamhitā.