A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.12

v3.c43.12

Specific developments in the field of materia medica concerning the identity of medicinal plants and their synonyms were put to use by P.V. Sharma as a second type of evidence with a view to determine the date of the Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu. Though a fruitful approach in itself, the conclusions derived from it remain highly controversial.¹⁸