A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s8.16

v1.c26.s8.16

Worthy of as much attention, but less taken notice of, 564 is the absence of material found in Caraka and Suśruta. The expositions of theories allied to the Vaiśeṣika, Sāṃkhya and Nyāya systems of philosophy, important aspects of the Carakasaṃhitā, are conspicuous by their absence. This applies, for example, as well to the chapter on the three aims of life (Sū. 11: traiṣaṇīya), the description of the way to liberation (mokṣa), and the discussions of groups of sages. In general, the role of the mahābhūtas recedes into the background.