A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.1314

v3.c46.1314

Dharmakṣema and I-ching had problems with dhātu as a term designating the doṣas. Dharmakṣema interprets dhātu as mahābhūta, and, in agreement with this view, adds that they are four in number. 1466 He even changes the Sanskrit text and renders the triad of dhātus (dhātutritaya) by ‘the four mahābhūtas’, which creates confusion. I-ching agrees with Dharmakṣema in rendering dhātu with the Chinese characters for mahābhūta, but avoids the difficulty presented by dhātutritaya by omitting this word and replacing it by a colourless expression. 1467