A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s29.129

v3.c43.s29.129

Pulse-examination had no place in Indian medicine in early periods, as is evident from the texts and attested by an important witness like I-ching, 1058 but is rarely omitted from medical treatises which are later than Śārṅgadhara. 1059 Investigations on the origin of the āyurvedic pulse-lore are wanting, though it has been suggested 1060 that it derives from Muslim medicine. Influences from Southern India should, however, not be neglected, because Siddha medicine has a highly developed and almost purely Tamil terminology for a large number of pulses. 1061