A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s5.25

v3.c42.s5.25

The *Bhelasaṃhitā* is, as already mentioned, much more concise than the *Carakasaṃhitā*. The digressions on philosophical and religious subjects, which are characteristic of the *Carakasaṃhitā*, are absent from it. In spite of the large number of differences between the two works, the agreements between the treatises of Bhela and Caraka are close enough to warrant the conclusion that both belong to the Ātreya school of medicine.