A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.261

v4.c57.261

335 P.V. Sharma (AVI 144) is of the opinion that the references to Vṛddhajīvaka as sthavira (e.g., 142) point to Buddhist influence; it may, however, well be that sthavira is only a synonym of vṛddha, since Vṛddhajīvaka is sometimes called Sthavirajīvaka (e.g., 183). P.V. Sharma (AVI 147) also points to the term ṣaṭkośa as being of Buddhist origin (74; garbhāvakrānti 10: some consider the body to be ṣaṭkośa); this term is, however, also current in, for example, Sāmkhya philosophical (see E. Frauwallner, 1953: 364) and Tantric works (see D. Heilijgers-Seelen, 1994: 66).