A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.635

v2.c33.635

219 See in particular Jan Yün-hua, with whose arguments I agree. See also: D. Chattopadhyaya (1979: 39–40); Ph. Granoff (1988); R.F.G. Müller (1932: 799); K.S. Murty (1978). Some authors assume that the philosopher Nāgārjuna and the alchemist of this name later fused into a composite figure (B. Bhattacharya, 1964: 67; H. von Glasenapp, 1936, 1940: 50–51; H.H.M. Schmidt, 1978: 14); the earliest accounts concerning Nāgārjuna, however, depict him already as a multifaceted personality.