A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s17.124

v1.c26.s17.124

Indu’s own religion may have been a mixture of Hinduism and Buddhism, as is suggested by his naming both Manu and Buddha as the founders of a hitopadeśaśāstra, which delivers from undesirable states of mind caused by rajas and tamas. 328 On the other hand it should be noticed that the maṅgalas of his commentaries are of a Hindu type. 329