A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.960

v2.c30.960

579 Ca.Ci.30.290: he calls himself Kāpilabali. The NCC (IX, 97) gives Kāpilabali as the name of Dṛḍhabala’s father. Variants occurring in some MSS and editions are Kāpilabala and Kāpilavara (see A.F.R. Hoernle, 1908a: 30–31). Avinash Candra (the editor of ed. g) read Kāpilavara, and regarded him and Dṛḍhabala as two different persons, who collaborated in the completion of the Carakasamhitā (see A.F.R. Hoernle, 1908a: 31). A similar view is found in G. Hāldār’s Vṛddhatrayī (16, 32–42, 159). This author, who reads Kāpilabala in Ca.Ci.30.290, is convinced that this is not Dṛḍhabala’s patronymic. In his opinion, Kāpilabala, who was not related to Dṛḍhabala at all, revised first the Suśrutasamhitā and afterwards the Carakasamhitā. Much later, Dṛḍhabala completed the work of his predecessor. G. Hāldār also claims that the name of Dṛḍhabala’s father was Kāpila, a pandit from Kaśmīr, who is quoted as a medical authority. It is hard to imagine how these self-willed interpretations can be made to agree with the data. Compare: Kāpilabala.