A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s3.56

v1.c26.s3.56

A curious fact, noticed by H.H.M. Schmidt,³²⁴ may, at first sight, be interpreted as giving support to the hypothesis that the Yogaśataka was indeed one of the sources of the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha and Hṛdaya. One verse of the Yogaśataka (72), forming part of Saṃgraha and Hṛdaya, is said to be from the Yogaśataka in the Yogaratnākara (425). This stanza describes a formula, called māheśvaradhūpa in the Yogaratnākara. The seemingly obvious conclusion that the formula derives ultimately from the Yogaśataka is, nevertheless, without any firm basis, for the Yogaratnākara quotes, for example, the recipe of mahāpaiśācaghṛta (426) as coming from the Yogatarangiṇī, while it is already found in the Carakasaṃhitā (Ci.9.45–48).