A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c22.99

v1.c22.99

The following points have to be taken into consideration when trying to determine the period in which Jejjaṭa lived. Dṛḍhabala and Bhaṭṭārahariścandra preceded him because they are quoted. The same applies to Vāgbhaṭa, one of whose verses (A.s.Ni.2.96cd-97ab) is quoted (ad Ci.13.32-35) as coming from another treatise (tantrāntara).428 The claim that Jejjaṭa is later than Mādhava, the author of the Rugviniścaya, put forward by P.V. Sharma and G.P. Sharma,429 is unfounded, since the quotation they refer to (ad Ci.3.51cd-52cd) does, contrary to their assertion, not occur in Mādhava’s work; it forms part of the Aṣṭāngasamgraha (Ni.2.65), where it is said to be derived from Hārīta. Consequently, Jejjaṭa’s terminus ad quem is about A.D. 600. Jejjaṭa is quoted or referred to by Gayadāsa (about A.D. 1000), Candraṭa (tenth century) and Vṛnda (about A.D. 900).