A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s2.81

v1.c26.s2.81

Both statements, however, are actually recasts in very similar passages in prose found in the Carakasaṃhitā (Sū.8.19), which proves that Vāgbhaṭa’s so-called aversion to caityas has been borrowed from Caraka and has nothing to do with a dislike of Buddhism. Cakrapāṇi’s explanation of caitya supports this view, for he says that it is a conspicuously big tree in a village. 240