A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c51.s2.10

v3.c51.s2.10

Date Parts of the Rasārṇavakalpa are closely related to parts of chapter twelve of the Rasārṇava. Mira Roy and B.V. Subbarayappa expressed as their opinion that the Rasārṇava is posterior to the Rasārṇavakalpa, without claiming that the former borrowed from the latter, since indebtedness to a common source cannot be brushed aside easily. B.V. Subbarayappa is convinced that the Rasārṇavakalpa, on account of its emphasis on Tantric practices and its esoteric approach to alchemical procedures, dates from the be-