A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c46.211

v3.c46.211

Anantakumāra’s sources that his date is later than those of Tiṣaṭa, Candraṭa, and Bhojarāja, which means that he composed his work after the eleventh century. This upper limit is confirmed by a quotation from the Mādhavadravyaguṇa. 225 The lower limit is difficult to establish in the absence of references to Anantakumāra by later authors. The quotations from a Yogaratnasamuccaya in the Yogaratnākara are not of much avail, because Candraṭa’s work of that name may be cited. The period of composition depends on the dates of the Tantrasārasaṃgraha which is quoted as Nārāyaṇīya, and the Sahasrayoga, also quoted by Anantakumāra. Anantakumāra’s work may therefore have been compiled after the fifteenth or sixteenth centuries.