A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.s2.36

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Some scholars assert that the text of the Suśrutasaṃhitā as known to us represents the version made by Candraṭa in the tenth century.¹⁷⁹ This thesis, developed first by P.V. Sharma, makes the current text identical with Candraṭa’s Suśrutapāṭhaśuddhi, which was, according to Candraṭa’s own information, based on Jejjaṭa’s commentary.¹⁸⁰ Elements which, in P.V. Sharma’s opinion, derive from Candraṭa are: a theoretical digression on the doṣas (Sū.24.11);¹⁸¹ the concept of blood as the fourth doṣa;¹⁸² the procedures for the purification of turbid water and the cooling down of water (Sū.45.17–19);¹⁸³ the references to epidemic diseases as aupasargikaroga (Ni.5.34)¹⁸⁴ and maraka (Sū.6.17); the mention of aśvabalā as a medicinal plant (Sū.46.256).¹⁸⁵