A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.648

v2.c33.648

238 Nāgārjuna's connection with the Nāgas, popular with Buddhists, Hindus and Jains, was one of the elements facilitating this process. See on Nāgārjuna and the Nāgas: W. Filchner (1933): 463; A. Grünwedel (1970): 14–16; L. Kawamura (1975): Intr. XIII; K.S. Murty (1978): 50–53. Nāgārjuna is a son of the serpent-king Vāsuki in the Prabandhacintāmaṇi.