A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.853

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15 Al-Bīrūnī mentions that the Hindus have a book called by the name of its author, i.e., Caraka, which they consider as the best of their whole literature on medicine; he adds that this book has been translated into Arabic for the princes of the house of the Barmecides (E.C. Sachau, 1964: I, 159). Subjects from Caraka, dealt with by al-Bīrūnī are: the descent of āyurveda (I, 159), weights (I, 162–163; Ātreya is referred to), and the ages of the world (yuga; I, 382–383; Ātreya is referred to).