A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c23.s3.19

v1.c23.s3.19

It has long been noticed that the way in which the extent and contents of the two distinct portions of the saṃhitā are treated may mean that the first and main portion on surgery is more original than the second one, the Uttaratantra, devoted to the other branches of āyurveda, which gives the impression of being an addition. 246 The concluding verses of the last chapter of the Kalpasthāna and the introductory verses of the first chapter of the Uttaratantra seem to support this view; if correct, this implies that all the references to the Uttaratantra in the preceding sections are due to a later author, the one who added the Uttaratantra. The problems relating to this subject will be discussed later in this section.