A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.256

v4.c57.256

323 P. Cordier (1901a: 82) regarded the Kāśyapasamhitā as identical with the authority of this name found in the *Bhela*- and *Carakasamhitā*; he suggested that the Kāśyapasamhitā might date from a period not far removed in time from the middle of the sixth century B.C. P.V. Sharma (AVI 151) expressed as his opinion that the original version of the work may date from the period of the Buddha; the references to both Kāśyapa and Jīvaka in the Bower MS indicate in his view that the Kāśyapasamhitā was well known at the time of composition of the *Nāvanītaka*. P.V. Sharma mentioned the fifth or sixth century B.C. as the period of composition of the original Kāśyapasamhitā in a later article (1992h: 226). P.V. Tewari (Intr. to ed d, XXXIII; 1997: 157) expressed as her opinion that a (Vṛddha)kaśyapa or (Vṛddha)kāśyapa, a contemporary of Agniveśa or even Punarvasu, wrote some treatise that did not become popular; this text was rewritten by Vṛddhajīvaka in the Gupta period, almost in the same time that saw the compilation of the *Aṣṭāngasamgraha*; Vṛddhajīvaka deified Kāśyapa to give authenticity to his composition.