A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c47.24

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Authorities and works quoted or referred to are:110 Pālakāpya (7.36), Vaiśampāyanīya (5.86–99; 7.32–33; 9.25–32), Vaiyyāsikya (7.12–18, 25–31, 37–41; 10.42–44),111 and Vyāsa (6.17; 8.3 and 85–95). The introductory verses state that the Gajaśāstra is based on the works by Pālakāpya and other sages.112 The author of the Gajaśāstra is unknown. The work is probably later than Nīlakaṇṭha’s Mātaṅgalīlā, which dates from the sixteenth century.113