A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s48.29

v3.c44.s48.29

The author and his date Śamkara was the son of (Bhaṭṭa) Ananta of Gauḍavaṃśa. 329 He wrote the Vaidyavinoda at the request of his royal patron, king Rāmasiṃha, son of Jayasiṃha. 330 This king was identified by S.L. Katre 331 as Rāmasiṃha of Amber (1668–1699), son of the Jayasiṃha (1621–1667) who led in 1665 Aurangzīb's successful expedition against Śivājī. 332 A MS of the Vaidyavinoda dating from 1705/06 333 confirms that the work belongs to the last part of the seventeenth century. 334