A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.s2.18

v1.c23.s2.18

P.V. Sharma, who accepts the tradition that the reviser was a Nāgārjuna and places him in the Gupta period, mentions as elements added by him: 125 passages indicating the presence of Pāśupatas, 126 Kāpālikas 127 and Tāntrikas; 128 passages pointing to an increasing influence of astrology; 129 the reference to the viṣakanyā; 130 the use of the term viśikhā; 131 a number of geographical names; 132 the presence of the term kuhaka; 133 the important place of inorganic substances in the materia medica; 134 the use of enigmatic language. 135