A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s2.34

v1.c26.s2.34

Before proceeding to a survey of more recent opinions on the first verses of Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya, it will be necessary to discuss a rather long salutation, preceding the one addressed to the ekavaidya. This maṅgala, present in some of the editions of the Saṃgraha, 156 praises, with a series of epithets, a deity called Buddha. 157 Some European and Indian scholars 158 accepted this additional verse as genuine, which made it play a part in their thoughts on Vāgbhaṭa’s religion. The absence of the eulogy in most of the editions of the Saṃgraha, the silence of Indu, the absence of a similar verse from the Hṛdaya and its Tibetan translation, all this together speaks against its trustworthiness.