A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s2.t2.1

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The genealogy of Kṣemaśarman, 358 as recorded in the introductory verses, is as follows. He descended from Dvijarāja, a Sannāha(-brāhmaṇa) of the Bharadvājakula, father of the physicians Dharmadhara and Rāma. The latter was the father of Yati who had six sons: Yaśorāja, Mahārāja (a famous physician who served Śakeśvara), Prahlāda, Kāmarāja, Hrādani, 359 and Tripurāri. Hrādani, who had studied Caraka, Suśruta and Vāgbhaṭa, had five sons: Manmatha, Jayaśarman, Vāmadeva, Paṇḍita and Sūryadāsa. Manmatha, a physician, had two sons, who were also physicians: Kṣemaśarman and Mallinātha. Kṣemaśarman, our author, was an expert in various sciences and served king Vikramasena. Kṣemaśarman’s mother, Sītā, of the Nimbaśākhikula, became a satī after her husband’s death. Kṣemaśarman’s teacher was Sūryadāsa, the youngest brother of his father. One of the last verses of the Kṣemakutūhala (12.123) mentions the names of the six sons of Kṣemaśarman: Gopāla, Śivapāla, Mādhavarāya, Rāma and Lakṣmaṇa.