A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c44.s5.55

v3.c44.s5.55

The earliest dated MS of Rudrabhaṭṭa’s commentary, called *Dīpikā*,⁴²⁴ was completed in A.D. 1766.⁴²⁵ Rudrabhaṭṭa, who can be assigned to the seventeenth century because his father was the court physician of ‘Abdu’l-Raḥīm,⁴²⁶ is credited with five commentaries,⁴²⁷ written at the request of Mīrzā Khān,⁴²⁸ as well as with a comprehensive work on medicine⁴²⁹ and a *Samnipātakalikā*.⁴³⁰