A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s17.4

v3.c42.s17.4

The majority of the chapters of the *Rogaviniścaya* are made up of verses from more than one source, but exceptions are not infrequent. 12 The stanzas chosen by Mādhava not only show variants, but are sometimes loosely related to the corresponding accepted readings of Caraka, Suśruta and Vāgbhaṭa, or they even consist of alternative readings recorded as such by the commentators. 13 Descriptions of disorders occurring in the saṃhitās in prose appear in a versified form in Mādhava's work. 14 Sometimes verses based on prose passages from the *Suśrutasaṃhitā* are preferred to stanzas on the same subject found in Vāgbhaṭa's works. 15