A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s30.5

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physician Bhābhalla. ¹⁵⁰ The nāgaravaṃśa descent of Nārāyaṇa characterizes him as a resident of Gujarāt. ¹⁵¹ The evidence collected by P.K. Gode points to Nārāyaṇa as the grandfather of Ananta, who wrote a work called *Kāmasaṃuha* in A.D. 1457/1458. ¹⁵² This Ananta gives the following information on himself: he belonged to the nāgarajñāti, descended from Bhābhalla, was the son of the mantrin Maṇḍana, a grandson of Nārāyaṇa, and lived in a town founded by Ahimmada. ¹⁵³ Indications found in the *Kāmasaṃuha* point to both Ananta and Maṇḍana being physicians. ¹⁵⁴ The data available enable us to conclude that Nārāyaṇa lived towards the end of the fourteenth century. ¹⁵⁵