A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s2.15

v3.c44.s2.15

At the end of his treatise (14.27–29), Kalyāṇa claims to be a son of Mahīdhara, a devotee of Lakṣmīnṛsiṃha, and a grandson of Rāmadāsa, a paṇḍita of Ahicchatra³³⁰ lineage and a devotee of Rāmacandra. Kalyāṇa's father, Mahīdhara, is generally considered to be the author of that name, together with his son Kalyāṇa and other learned brāhmaṇas, composed the Mantramahodadhi.³³¹ Mahīdhara, however, mentions in his genealogy that he was a son of Phāṇubhaṭṭa,³³² a devotee of Rāma, and a grandson of Ratnākara, an Ahicchatra brāhmaṇa of Vatsagotra. He adds that he is devoted to