A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.693

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37 P.V. Sharma does not accept G. Hāldar's identification of this Caraka with Kapilabala, nor the hypothesis of the incorporation by this author of Patañjali's comments on the Carakasamhitā. 38 See, e.g., Ca.Sū.5.100 (pādatra); 5.101 (chattra). The Kuṣāṇas were in the habit of wearing boots of typically Central Asian type (see A.L. Basham, 1954: 210, 368; M. Bussagli, 1968: 50–51; U.P. Thapliyal, 1979: 53–54, 63–64; A.M. Shastri, 1996: I, 142–143). 39 See Ca.Sū.5.20cd–56ab. The medicinal substances used in this connection (Sū.5.20cd–23) are mainly of northwestern origin. 40 See, e.g., Ca.Sū.6.15; 14.49 and 53. The seasonal regimen begins with the rules for the winter (hemānta). The Kuṣāṇa kings wear long quilted coats and quilted trousers on their coins (A.L. Basham, 1954: 210). See on Kuṣāṇa dress: U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 53–64. 41 See Ca.Śā.8.33. 42 Ātreya is referred to as performing this ritual (see his epithets). 43 P.V. Sharma (1970a: 59) supposes that Kāṅkāyana, the Bāhlika physician who is mentioned in the Carakasamhitā, belonged to the same community of brāhmaṇas as Caraka (see Kāṅkāyana). 44 Ca.Vi.1.8. P.V. Sharma does not refer to Ca.Ci.30.316–319, where many peoples, the Śakas included, are mentioned, because these verse derive from Dṛḍhabala. One Indian scholar (C. Kunhan Raja, 1962: 277) supposes Caraka to be a word of Iranian origin, which also would point to his being of foreign extraction. 45 P.V. Sharma (1970a): 56. 46 See Ca.Si.12.37cd–38ab. 47 Ad Ca.Si.12.36cd–41ab. 48 P.V. Sharma (1970a): 56: names ending in -bala are common among Śakas. 49 P.V. Sharma (1970a): 53–61. P.V. Sharma assumes that Vāgbhaṭa and Bhaṭṭārahariścandra, as well as Varāhamihira, belonged to the same community of brāhmaṇas of Śaka origin as Dṛḍhabala (P.V. Sharma is a Śakadvīpīya brāhmaṇa himself; see P.V. Sharma, 1997a: 3). See on these Magabrāhmaṇas and Śakadvīpīyabrāhmaṇas: R.K. Arora (1971); D.R. Bhandarkar (1911): 17–19, (1968): 24–27; M.R. Bhat (1992): I, Intr. XII; D.K. Biswas (1949); F. Chenet (1993); A.J. Gail (1978); R.C. Hazra (1955); H. Humbach (1969); K. Karttunen (1989): 219–223; H. Kern (1865): 75; C.D. Pandey (1984); *L.P. Pandey (1972); H.H. Risley (1981): 159–160; I. Scheftelowitz (1933); A.M. Shastri (1991): 10–13, (1996): I, 13–14, 142, II: 469–476; V.C. Srivastava *(1968) and (1972): 199–202 and 241–261; H. von Stietencron (1966); U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 17–19; A. Weber (1857), (1879), (1880). 50 Jyotir Mitra (1974): 65–66; he adduces as an argument that the colophons say that the Agniveśatantra was pratisamskṛta, and not samskṛta, by Caraka. 51 ABI 476. 52 J. Filliozat (1975): 15. 53 D. Chattopadhyaya (1979): 320–323. 54 See, e.g., R.C. Majumdar (1971): 223. G. Mukhopadhyaya (HIM III, 611) remarks that, in later times, eminent physicians were called Caraka by way of compliment, and so Vāgbhaṭa was called the Caraka of Sindh or Sindhucara. Atrideva (ABI 473) also says that Vāgbhaṭa was called Carakācārya. 55 A.L. Basham (1951): 165 (reference to Lalitavistara, *ed. S. Lefmann, 1902: I, 380: 1.12; compare ed. P.L. Vaidya, 1958: 276). F. Edgerton (1977; references to Lalitavistara *2.21 and *380.12; compare ed. P.L. Vaidya, 2. 85. Gulabkunverba I, 85. Hemarājaśarman,