A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s28.68

v3.c43.s28.68

*The author and his date* The date of Siddha Nāgārjuna, whose name does not occur in the body of the work,⁹⁶³ has been discussed elsewhere.⁹⁶⁴ Since the *Kākacaṇḍeśvarīmatatantra*, one of the sources of the *Kakṣapuṭa*, refers to (Siddha) Nāgārjuna as an ancient authority, this *Kakṣapuṭa* cannot possibly have been composed by the latter. The text is later than the twelfth century, the period to which the *Kākacaṇḍeśvarīmatatantra* is usually assigned and earlier than Ṭoḍara’s *Āyurvedasaukhya*, which quotes it.⁹⁶⁵