A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.580

v4.c57.580

116 Bharatamallika states in his *Candraprahā* that Vṛnda, the author of a medical treatise, was a resident of Eastern Bengal (vaṅgabhūmi); the relevant stanza is quoted by D.Ch. Bhattacharyya (1947b): 155. See on Vaṅga: N.N. Bhattacharyya (1991): 304; B.C. Law (1984): 267–269; S. Saxena (1995): 290–296. Atrideva (ABI 271) is convinced that Vṛnda belonged to the western part of India, since he refers to diseases prevalent there; this claim is inaccurate, because not Vṛnda himself, but the commentator, mentions these diseases (introductory remarks ad *Siddhayoga* 55.14).