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they claim that the recipes, attributed to Jīvaka, are taken from Khilasthāna 17 and 18 of the Kāśyapasamhitā. The Kāśyapasamhitā has a separate chapter on uroghātacikitsā, which does not contain Jīvaka’s formula. The Jīvaka of the Bower MS is also supposed to be the same as the Jīvaka of the Kāśyapasamhitā by Atrideva (ABI 236), G. Hāldār (Vṛddhatrayī 170–171), and B.B. Mishra (1969: 97). 45 II.935: a purgative formula. 46 I.8: present among the sages in the Himālayas. 47 I.8: present among the sages in the Himālayas. 48 I.9: Suśruta turns to the muni Kāśirāja for information on the properties and uses of garlic. 49 II.1010–1040: Kāśyapa’s pills against children’s diseases. So far none of the recipes has been traced in the Kāśyapasamhitā, also called Vṛddhajīvakīyatantra. V.N. Pandey (1988: 14) claim that recipes, attributed to Kāśyapa, are taken from Khilasthāna 17 and 18 of the Kāśyapasamhitā (references are not given; Khilasthāna 17 and 18 are about śotha and śūla in children, while Bower MS II.1010–40 contains recipes against many disorders). 50 II.968–976: the citrakakalpa, expounded by Dhanvantari to Keśava, i.e., Viṣṇu. 51 III.10–14: a formula for an oil against skin diseases, was given by Māṇibhadra, out of compassion, to a monk on the point of death. Māṇibhadra, well known in Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist literature, is a yakṣa, famous for his friendly disposition to people in trouble. 52 II.312: Mārkaṇḍeya obtained a long life by the regular use of amṛtataila.