A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s34: Kavicandra

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Kavicandra, son of Kavikarṇapūra and Kauśalyā, grandson of Vidyāviśārada (a vaidya of Sudhīra on the banks of the Ganges) of the Datta lineage, and the father of Kavibhūṣaṇa and Kavivallabha,108 was the author of the Cikitsāratnāvalī or Ratnāvalī, written in Dīrghāṅgī or Dīrghāṅganagara109 near Vaidyavatī on the Ganges in A.D. 1660/61. Although he does not mention by name any authority, Kavicandra has freely copied Caraka in the introduction, while later on, in the description of the diseases, he has followed Mādhava’s Rugviniścaya from beginning to end.110