A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c37.5

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remarks, on the authority of A.C. Burnell (1880: 57), that the author of the Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra is generally identified with the medical author in South India. 93 S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De (1947): 563 (dated as probably belonging to the fifteenth century). A.B. Keith (1973): 395 (thirteenth century). M. Krishnamachariar (1989): 763–764 (end thirteenth century). K. Krishnamoorthy (1975): 47 (twelfth century). V.M. Kulkarni (1975): 52–53 (about fourteenth century). L. Renou in L. Renou and J. Filliozat (1953): 109 (thirteenth century), Winternitz III, 21–22: end of the eleventh or first half of the twelfth century, during the reign of Jayasimha of Gujarāt (A.D. 1093–1154). 94 S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De (1947): 559 (probably by the author of the Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra). A.B. Keith (1973): 143 (it may be by the author of the Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra, but the authorship is not certain; a Madras MS calls the author the son of Dāhaṭa, of the Prāgvāṭi family). M. Krishnamachariar (1989): 762–763 (probably by the author of the Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra). Winternitz (II, 337–338; III, 22) ascribes the work to the author of the Kāvyānuśāsana. 95 CC I, 32 and 559; NCC I, 399: ascribed to the Vāgbhaṭa who was a son of Nemikumāra. S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De (1947: 563 and 687): an auto-commentary on the Kāvyānuśāsana. Not mentioned by Winternitz. 96 CC I, 192 and 559; NCC VII, 102: accompanied by a Vṛtti by the author and ascribed to the Vāgbhaṭa who was a son of Nemikumāra. S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De (1947: 563), M. Krishnamachariar (1989: 763–764) and Nandkiśorśarmā also regard it as written by the author of the Kāvyānuśāsana. 97 See: G. Chāṅgāṇī’s Prākkathan (4) to ed. d of the Saṃgraha; Nandkiśorśarmā’s Prāstāvika (6) to ed. e of the Saṃgraha. Absent from the CC. 98 See: G. Chāṅgāṇī’s Prākkathan (4) to ed. d of the Saṃgraha; Nandkiśorśarmā’s Prāstāvika (6) to ed. e of the Saṃgraha. Not ascribed to a Vāgbhaṭa in CC (I, 336–337; II, 75 and 212; III, 72: Piṅgalachandaḥsūtra or Prākṛtapiṅgala) and NCC (XIII, 134–136: Prākṛtapiṅgala). See A.B. Keith (1973): 48; Winternitz III, 27–29: ascribed to a mythical Piṅgala. 99 Attributed to the author of the Kāvyānuśāsana (S.N. Dasgupta and S.K. De, 1947: 563; M. Krishnamachariar (1989): 763–764). NCC III, 36. Not mentioned by Winternitz. 100 ABI 319. Vṛddhatrayī 467 (ascribed to a Vāgbhaṭa IV). Absent as a work by a Vāgbhaṭa from the CC. 101 CC I, 559 and 660: ascribed to the son of Nemikumāra. G. Chāṅgāṇī (Prākkathan, 4, to ed. d of the Saṃgraha) and Nandkiśorśarmā (Prāstāvika, 6, to ed. e of the Saṃgraha) attribute it to the son of Soma, the author of the Vāgbhaṭālaṃkāra. M. Krishnamachariar (1989: 356 and 1081) remarks that the author’s name is not Vāgbhaṭa, but Gāgabhaṭṭa. Not mentioned by Winternitz. 102 Absent from the CC. Mentioned by G. Chāṅgāṇī (Prākkathan, 4, to ed. d of the Saṃgraha) and Nandkiśorśarmā (Prāstāvika, 6, to ed. e of the Saṃgraha). 103 CC II, 132. G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 266) regards this Vāgbhaṭa as the grandfather of the author of the Saṃgraha. 104 CC I, 262: by Deveśvara or Devendra, son of Vāgbhaṭa. NCC III, 270–271 and IX, 162: by Deveśvara, son of Vāgbhaṭa who was the prime minister of the king of Mālava. P. Cordier (1901d: 180): by Devendra or Deveśvara, son of Vāgbhaṭa, first minister to a king of Mālava. M. Krishnamachariar (1989: 763): by Deveśvara or Devendra, the son of Vāgbhaṭa, who was a mahāmātya to the king of Mālava. G. Chāṅgāṇī (Prākkathan, 4, to ed. d of the Saṃgraha) ascribes it to a Vāgbhaṭa, who was a minister of king Deveśvara of Mālava. Nandkiśorśarmā (Prāstāvika, 6, to ed. e of the Saṃgraha) describes Vāgbhaṭa, author of the Kavikalpalatā, as the son of Mālavendra and father of Deveśvara. See on the Kavikalpalatā: S.K. De (1960): 289–291.