A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c32.82

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526 P.V. Sharma and G.P. Sharma are convinced that Jejjaṭa belonged to Kaśmīr, a region mentioned several times in his commentary according to these authors (they refer to passages mentioning the kāśmīrāḥ, which does not prove their point, and to a single passage in which a region, called Pañcagaṅgā, is described as being beautiful; P.V. Sharma and G.P. Sharma identify Pañcagaṅgā as a place in Kaśmīr). Compare P.V. Sharma (1968): 348–349. P.V. Sharma (1985e, Intr. 4) refers to a passage in Jejjaṭa's commentary (said to be found in his comment ad Ca.Ci.30.127–132, but absent there, where he, somewhat reluctantly, follows the kāśmīrāḥ; this need not mean that Jejjaṭa was a Kashmiri himself. It is also said (see Gulabkunverba I, 117; B. Rama Rao, 1992: 301) that the ending -ṭa of Jejjaṭa's name, being common among inhabitants of Kaśmīr, may point to his having been born in that region. The fact that Jejjaṭa usually rejects the readings adopted by the kāśmīrāḥ may eliminate Kaśmīr as the region where he lived and worked. Jejjaṭa refers in his commentary to several regions of India: Dakṣiṇāpatha (Ci.30.90cd–96ab), Dakṣiṇāvarta (Ci.28.252), Pūrvadeśa (Ci.26.220), Saurāṣṭra (Ci.30.73cd–84ab) and Uttarāpatha (Ci.23.250–253; 24.136–164ab; 30.73cd–87ab and 90cd–96ab).