A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c48.s16.96

v3.c48.s16.96

Tryambaka Kāle identified bhikṣu Govinda with the Govindabhagavatpādācārya who was the teacher of Śaṃkarācārya. 188 This identification was based on the resemblance, with regard to meaning, of an āryā of the Rasahṛdaya (1.30) and a verse in one of the works of Śaṃkara, 189 and on references to the author of the Rasahṛdaya as Govindabhagavatpādācārya in the Sarvadarśanasaṃgraha. 190 Kāle’s hypothesis is rejected by part of the later authors on the subject, 191 because it would place the composition of the Rasahṛdaya in the last part of the eighth or the beginning of the ninth century, an age in which alchemy had not yet developed to the stage represented by the Rasahṛdaya.