A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c42.s9.61

v3.c42.s9.61

The author of the treatise or its revisor, Vātsya, was well acquainted with differences of opinion among medical authorities, as shown, apart from the discussions already described, by a rather large number of passages where dissentient points of view are taken into consideration or merely registered. 83 On some occasions Kaśyapa's own opinion, always regarded as decisive, is clearly stated. 84 On one of these, he appears to reject a view expressed in the Carakasaṃhitā. 85