A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s8.16

v3.c42.s8.16

The structure of the Bhelasaṃhitā, in particular the similarity of this structure to that of the Carakasaṃhitā, the partial identity of the titles of the chapters and their contents, the contents of the Kalpasthāna, etc., make it seem plausible to assume that the work is later than the Carakasaṃhitā after its redaction by Dṛḍhabala or of about the same date. The affinities with the Suśrutasaṃhitā make it improbable that Bhela's treatise is much earlier. Influences from the side of Vāgbhaṭa's works or Mādhava's Rugviniścaya are absent. The period between A.D. 400 and 750 may therefore have witnessed the development of an earlier text into the treatise known from the Tanjore MS.