A History of Indian Medical Literature v3.c52.194

v3.c52.194

KĀPĀLISIDDHĀNTA.³⁰⁰ Kāpāli(n) is mentioned in the Ratnākarausadhayogagrantha, Revaṇasiddha’s Virabhattīya, the Sarvadarśanasamgraha, and the Vaidyaśāstrapravartakāryanāmasamuccaya. Kāpālin forms part of the group of Rasasiddhas in Caturbhuja’s commentary on the Rasahṛdaya (1.7), the Pāradasamhitā (1.96) and the Rasaratnasamuccaya (1.2); he is one of the Mahāsiddhas in Svātmārāma’s Haṭhayogapradīpikā (1.7). Kāpāli is a Rasasiddha in the Raseśvarasiddhānta.³⁰¹ Kāpālin is credited with the Rasarājamahodadhi. Kāpālin, Kāpālin and Kāpālika may designate one and the same person.³⁰² G. Haldār regards Kāpāli as a Śaka king, who was the son of Vāsudeva and teacher of Kaṇḍalāyana;³⁰³ he places him in the second or third century.³⁰⁴