A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.746

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158 The cult of Dhanvantari, who is mentioned in the Carakasamhitā (Vi.8.11; Śā.6.21), came into vogue in the period of the Purāṇas; many stories on the origin of diseases are common to the Purāṇas and the Carakasamhitā (P.V. Sharma, 1992d: 180 and 185). Compare on the Carakasamhitā and the Purāṇas, in particular the Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa: P.V. Sharma (1970a): 14–15, 20 and 73–80. See also ABI 171. G. Mukhopadhyaya (HIM III, 612), U. Ch. Dutt (1922: Preface IX) and the Gulabkunverba team (I, 92) deny any influence from the side of the Purāṇas on the original Carakasamhitā. The term Purāṇa occurs at Ca.Ci. 19.4.