A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s28.1

v3.c42.s28.1

No particulars about Vṛnda are known, except that he may have lived in Eastern Bengal, 116 i.e., the country now called Bangla Desh. Niścalakara mentions that Vṛnda belonged to Varendra, a region referred to in the *Siddhayoga*. 117 Confusion on the identity of the author of the *Siddhayoga* was formerly created by Hoernle, who held the opinion that the treatise had been written by Mādhavakara, and claimed that the *Rogaviniścaya* and the *Siddhayoga* were clearly the two parts of a single work by one author. 118 Hoernle was unaware of the existence of the *Mādhavacikitsā*.