A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.s2.1

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Hemarājaśarman belongs to the group of scholars who postulate two Suśrutas and, accordingly, attempt to isolate elements belonging to an older and a younger stratum of the Suśrutasaṃhitā. Apart from these two layers, some distinguish a third one, attributed to a reviser who is called Nāgārjuna by Dalhaṇa. Others again assume the presence of two strata, ascribed to Suśruta and the reviser. A few scholars assume a succession of four layers, supposed to derive from Suśruta I, Suśruta II, the reviser, and, finally, Candrata, who wrote a Suśrutapāṭhaśuddhi.