A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s12.1

v3.c42.s12.1

The story about the origin and transmission of the Kāśyapasaṃhitā, found in the last chapter of the Kalpasthāna, discloses that the text as it has come down to us is the revised version of an older treatise that contained Kaśyapa's teachings on kaumārabhṛtya, passed on to Vṛddhajīvaka and some of the latter's fellow pupils, among whom Vāryovida is mentioned by name. 306