A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c43.s33.t4.2

v3.c43.s33.t4.2

Evidence concerning Vaṅgasena’s chronological position is, as appears from the foregoing, of diverse kinds. Apart from the early MSS, which remain valuable testimonies, it derives from the text of his treatise and quotations from it in later treatises. The contents of the Cikitsāsārasamgraha show that Vaṅgasena was posterior to Mādhava, the author of the Rugviniścaya, which work he largely utilized, and Vṛnda, from whose Siddhayoga he borrowed. The common assumption that Vaṅgasena took many recipes from Cakrapāṇidatta’s Cikitsāsamgraha, 1576 although still to be tested, appears to be acceptable. 1577