A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.34

v3.c43.34

P.V. Sharma adduced two arguments in favour of this distinction.⁹⁴ First, the maṅgala of the Padārthacandrikā is addressed to Viṣṇu, that of the Madanādinighaṇṭu to Sarvajña, who is probably the Buddha. This may indeed point to two different authors, but can also be explained by assuming a syncretistic attitude to religion on the part of Candranandana. The second argument is based on a discrepancy in Candranandana’s genealogy. The edited Sanskrit text of the Padārthacandrikā mentions Kalyāṇa and Vidyā as his parents, whereas Ravinandana is the name of Candranandana’s father in the Tibetan version of this commentary. This argument does not carry conviction, since it appears improbable that Kalyāṇa and Vidyā are the actual names of Candranandana’s parents.