A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s1.28

v3.c43.s1.28

Date As discussed in the section on the date of Tiṣaṭa, the terminus ad quem for the composition of the Cikitsākalikā is provided by Niścalakara's statement that Cakrapāṇidatta (about A.D. 1050) utilized Tiṣaṭa's work in writing his own therapeutic compendium. 198 The earliest author after Cakrapāṇidatta to quote from Candraṭa is Śrīkaṇṭhadatta in his Vyākhyākusumāvalī. 199 The terminus post quem of Tiṣaṭa and Candraṭa has been deduced from a remark at the beginning of the latter's commentary on the Cikitsākalikā, proving that he was acquainted with Haricandra's and Jejjaṭa's commentaries. 200 As Jejjaṭa's date is disputed, 201 it is preferable to depart from another fact in establishing the upper chronological limit. This fact consists of Candraṭa's quoting the Siddhasāra 202 and its author, Ravigupta, 203 who lived about A.D. 650. This fixes the period of Tiṣaṭa and Candraṭa between 650 and 1050. If Candraṭa wrote a commentary on Vṛṇḍa's Siddhayoga, as seems to follow from a remark of Śivadāsena, 204 the dates of Tiṣaṭa and Candraṭa fall within the period 900–1050. 205