A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s16.92

v3.c48.s16.92

The last verses of the Rasahṛdaya (19.78–80) contain some information on the author, who calls himself bhikṣu Govinda. 178 The author mentions as his patron king Madana, 179 an alchemist (rasācārya) himself, the lord of the Kirātas, 180 of Somavamśa 181 and Haihaya kula. 182 D.G. White is inclined to locate Govinda’s Haihaya king Madana, lord of the Kirātas, at the eastern extremity (eastern Madhya Pradesh, Orissa) of the sphere of influence of the Kalachuri kings, who traced their lineage back through Haihaya and Yadu to the Moon and therefore considered themselves to belong to the Lunar dynasty (somavamśa). 183