A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.794

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212 S. Dasgupta (1975: II, 369) said that the *Carakasamhitā* seems to take its start from the Vaiśeṣika; the same author declared (I, 280): “It seems to me perfectly certain that the Vaiśeṣikasūtras were written before Caraka; for he not only quotes one of the sūtras, but the whole foundation of his medical physics is based on the Vaiśeṣika physics”. S.Ch. Vidyabhusana (1971: 27) expressed as his opinion that the terms dravya, guṇa, karman, sāmānya, viśeṣa and samavāya were borrowed from the Vaiśeṣika philosophy by Caraka. On the other hand, P.V. Sharma (1992d: 185; 1992f: 168) is convinced that Caraka antedates the Vaiśeṣikasūtras. The Gulabkunverba team (I, 91) reached the conclusion that the Vaiśeṣika concepts of the *Carakasamhitā* are still rudimentary and in a fluid state.