A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c34.59

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This god is praised by Mayūra (7th century A.D.) in his Sūryaśataka; the poet is said to have been cured from leprosy by composing these stanzas (see S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De, 1947: 167–170; A.B. Keith, 1973: 201–202; M. Winternitz III, 116, 121–122). The literature on Sūrya and his cult is very extensive. See: V.M. Bedekar (1966); P.N. Bhatt (1953); A. Bhattacharyya (1977); R.K. Bhattacharyya and S.C. Mitra (1925); T. Bloch (1910); A.K. Chatterjee (1968–69); N. Chaudhuri (1941); S.A. Dange (1989): 1407–1424; J.R. Joshi (1977): 121–147; S.L. Nagar (1995); C.D. Pandey (1984); *L.P. Pandey (1972); V. Raghavan (1970); E.C. Sachau (1964): I, 116 and II, 184; A.B. Saran and G. Pandey (1992); I. Scheftelowitz (1932), (1933); A.M. Shastri (1996): I, 142–144; V.C. Srivastava (1972), (1987); H. von Stietencron (1985–1987); U.P. Thapliyal (1979): 148–152. See also the references to the Magabrāhmaṇas.