A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s2.97

v1.c26.s2.97

The diversity of the views set forth and defended by all sorts of arguments, supported by material from the same two treatises, shows that an unequivocal conclusion regarding a particular religious persuasion of the author or authors cannot be reached. The most salient characteristic, which catches the eye again and again when reading both works, remains a clear-cut syncretistic attitude, repeatedly expressed by means of an ambiguous phraseology or a juxtaposition of elements derived from conflicting religious beliefs.