A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s25: Cidghanānandanātha

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Cidghanānandanātha may have been the author of a *Ṣaṭkarmasaṃgraha*, sometimes ascribed to a Rāghava or Raghuvīra. This treatise is described as a work aiming at a synthesis between pañcakarman and ṣaṭkarman.⁴⁴ Medicinal plants, as well as yogic practices, are prescribed by the author for a number of diseases. The work may date from the seventeenth century.⁴⁵