A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.42

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31 This is the civil arrangement of seasons and months according to Hoernle (see the note to his translation); it is the astronomical year according to C. Vogel (1971). The same order of the seasons is found at Ca.Sū.6.4 and 6–7. Some of the same names of months occur at Ca.Sū.6.5. The names given here in the Suśrutasaṃhitā are the old names, known already in Vedic literature (see, e.g., Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4.3.1.14–19); they are not rare in later Sanskrit literature, and occur, for example, in Rājaśekhara’s Kāvyamīmāṃsā (18.2). See also the commentaries.