A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c32.60

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235 Niścala quotes both Bhaṭṭāra(haricandra)’s svasamhitā and Kharanāda; Bhaṭṭāra himself may also refer to Kharanāda (see Niścala ad Cakradatta, jvara 20.) Indu (ad A.s.Ka.8.17) distinguishes between the views of Haricandra and those of the Kharanādasamhitā. D.Ch. Bhattacharyya expressed the opinion that Haricandra’s own samhitā was written for a royal patron, who is addressed in a recipe couched in an elegant verse, quoted by Niścala. Among the quotations from Haricandra there are many which prove that he wrote a metrical treatise on both nidāna and cikitsā. Indu points out (paribhāṣā 45–48 at the end of his Śaśilekhā ad A.s.Ka.8) that there are contradictions between Haricandra’s own work and his revision of the Kharanādasamhitā and that Haricandra’s rules regarding the preparation of decoctions are not those customarily followed. G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 457) was convinced that Haricandra wrote a Bhaṭṭārasamhitā and a revised version of the Kharanādatantra.