A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s17.25

v1.c26.s17.25

The quotations from Kapilabala are not concerned with surgical subjects, but deal with basic concepts, general principles of treatment, the treatment of fever, 49 and pharmacy. The statements cited are partly in verse, 50 which indicate that they may be from a Kapilabalatantra. This treatise, anterior to the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha, must even have preceded the revision of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, since Indu states that Suśruta was acquainted with Kapilabala’s views. The quotations by Cakrapāṇidatta show that Bhaṭṭāraharicandra, the commentator on the Carakasaṃhitā, is later than Kapilabala and disagreed with him.