A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s13.1

v3.c42.s13.1

The *Hāritasamhita* is written in the form of a dialogue between Ātreya³ and Hārita.⁴ The treatise is designated as *Ātreyabhāṣita Hāritottara* in nearly all the chapter colophons, with only one exception (I.2), where it is referred to as *Vaidyasarvasva*. Hārita, sometimes addressed as Putra(ka) (I.1.8; III.5.22; III.8.11),⁵ receives the teachings of Ātreya, also referred to as Atri (V.1.1; pariśiṣṭādhyāya) and pitar (I.8.5), who is surrounded by students, on the northern slopes of the Himālayas (I.1.2–5; V.1.1).