A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s22.25

v3.c42.s22.25

A kind of commentary on the Suśrutasaṃhitā by a Mādhava(kara) has once existed, as is clear from a statement found in Vijayarakṣita's part of the Madhukośa, 192 where – in a passage that refers to a stanza from the Suśrutasaṃhitā – Mādhavakāra's name occurs as one among a number of authors of explanatory works. 193 The same series is found in Narahari's Vāgbhaṭamaṇḍana. 194 Moreover, Vācaspati cites in his Ātaṅkadarpaṇa 195 an explanation by Mādhava that also occurs in the Madhukośa, where it is not explicitly attributed to Mādhava. The remark derives from a commentary on the Suśrutasaṃhitā, being clearly an elucidation of a technical term found in a passage from that treatise. 196 Finally, the Ratnaprabhā claims that an author called Govardhana 197 preferred a comment by Jejjata to that on the same subject by Mādhava. 198