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no commentary on the Suśrutasamhitā. P. Cordier (1903b: 334) and S. Dasgupta (1975: II, 428) mention, without adducing evidence, Bāspacandra among a series of commentators on the Suśrutasamhitā. 588 A. Pandey and K. Raghunathan (1976b) hold this opinion, basing themselves on the quotations in the Madhukośa on chapters one and thirty-three of the Mādhavanidāna. Vijayarakṣita quotes Vāpyacandra on some verses of chapter one which have been taken from Vāgbhata, but this does not prove at all that the quotations, which discuss general concepts dealt with in all the classical samhitās, are from a commentary on the Astāngahrdayasamhitā. The same applies to the reference to Vāpyacandra in the Madhukośa ad Mādhavanidāna 33.7cd–12 (= A.h.Ni.10.8cd–13); the interpretation of Vāpyacandra quoted may originally well be meant to elucidate Ca.Ni.4.20 (see Cakrapānidatta's comment, which shows that he was probably acquainted with Vāpyacandra's opinion). Hemādri's quotation from Bāspacandra (ad A.h.Sū.6.112cd–113ab) was known to other authorities as well and derives in my view from Vāpyacandra's commentary on Ca.Sū.27 or from his nighantu. 589 Recorded in the Kavīndrācāryasūcipatram (Nr. 957) (compare NCC XIII, 309; AVI 213; Vrddhatrayī 58). 590 AVI 382 and 388. DGV IV, 279–280. A. Pandey and K. Raghunathan (1976b): 6. 591 Ad Siddhamantra 82, 83 and 92. 592 Ad Mādhavanidāna 1.5d–6. 593 Ad Mādhavanidāna 1.11–13. The first six names of commentators enumerated in the introductory verses of the Madhukośa convey the impression to be in the correct chronological order: Bhattaraharicandra–Jejjata–Gadādhara–Vāpyacandra–Cakrapāni–Bakula. 594 Śrīkanthadatta, however, mentions Gadādhara after Bāspacandra (ad Siddhayoga 6.20). 595 Cakra is quoted after Bāspacandra (ad Siddhayoga 1.36–37 and 51.24–28). 596 A. Pandey and K. Raghunathan (1976b) assign Vāpyacandra to the seventh–eighth, G. Haldar (Vrddhatrayī 58) assigns him to the eleventh–twelfth, P.V. Sharma (AVI 213) to the twelfth, and B. Tripāthī (bhūmikā, 21, to ed. II of the Carakasamhitā) to the thirteenth century. 597 See: Vrnda. 598 NCC VI, 397. Edition: carakasamhitā, M.A. ityupanāmaka vaidyaratna śrīyogindranātha sena vidyābhūṣana krtayā carakopaskārasamākhyayā vyākhyayā samanvitā, publ. by J.N. Sen, Calcutta, vol. I (Sūtrasthāna), 1920, [IO.San.D.121(a)], vol. II (Nidāna–Vimāna–Śārīra–Indriyasthāna), 1922, *vol. III (Cikitsāsthāna 1–17), 1930; there also exists an edition of the commentary on Ci.1–20: *Swami Lakshmiram Trust, Jaipur 1982; the text of the Carakasamhitā of this ed. is based on fifteen MSS. References are to page numbers of vols. I and II of the edition. 599 See Yogindranāthasena's Critical Notice in vol. I. 600 On many occasions Yogindranāthasena's readings differ from those of other editions and those acknowledged by other commentators; see on this subject P.V. Sharma (1985e). 601 See, e.g., Sū.3.6, Sū.14.29, Ni.2.5; P.V. Sharma gives many examples in his Critical Notes (1985e). 602 See, e.g., Sū.11.39 and 12.4; many more examples are found in P.V. Sharma's Critical Notes (1985e). 603 See, e.g., Sū.12.1–2 and 8; for more examples see P.V. Sharma's Critical Notes (1985e). 604 See, e.g., Sū.6.5; 8.19 and 22; 11.8 and 25; 13.18 and 98; for more examples see P.V. Sharma's Critical Notes (1985e).