A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s24.1

v3.c42.s24.1

Mādhava’s terminus post quem can only be deduced from the sources of the *Nidāna* and *Cikitsā*. Since the greater part of the *Rogaviniścaya* consists of stanzas borrowed from the *Carakasaṃhitā*, *Suśrutasaṃhitā*, *Aṣṭāngahṛdayasaṃhitā*, *Aṣṭāngasaṃgraha*, and *Siddhasāra*, and since the *Mādhavacikitsā* contains many verses quoted from the *Siddhasāra*, their dates of composition cannot be earlier than about A.D. 650. The terminus ante quem is the date of Vṛnda, about A.D. 900, because the *Mādhavanidāna* is referred to in the *Siddhayoga*. 217