A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s12.3

v3.c42.s12.3

Kaśyapa's name is replaced by that of Kāśyapa in s short treatise with the title Kāśyaparśiproktastrīcikitsāsūtra, lost in its Sanskrit original, but preserved in a Chinese translation that forms part of the Tripitaka. 310 P.C. Bagchi, 311 who studied this work, affirms that it was translated by Dharmadeva or Dharmabhadra, who went to China in A.D. 973 and stayed there until his death in A.D. 1001. 312 The text, which mentions Kāśyapa as the teacher and Jīvaka as the pupil, deals with prenatal care and describes disorders of pregnancy and their treatment. P.C. Bagchi considers it to be an extract from the lost portion of the jātisūtrīya chapter of the Kāśyapasaṃhitā, since it deals with matter found in the chapters of the same name of the Caraka- and Bhelasaṃhitā. The prescriptions of the Strīcikitsāsūtra are more elaborate that those of Caraka and Bhela. Particular to it are prescriptions for the tenth, eleventh and twelfth months of pregnancy.