A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c61.145

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642 Compare T. Goudriaan and S. Gupta (1981): 128: a comparison with the second part (Mantrapāda) of the Īśānaśivagurudevapaddhati (one of the Śaiva manuals of temple worship and spiritual discipline; see J. Gonda, 1977a: 213, note 202; J. Filliozat, 1937: 68–69: N.P. Unni's Introduction to the edition of the work) shows that the Tantrasārasaṃgraha, from chapter eleven onwards, is very probably a recast of that Mantrapāda; the reverse is true for chapters one to ten; Nārāyaṇa's work those chapters the more complete version, which has been abridged under Īśānaśiva's name as chapter forty of the Mantrapāda (this reasoning confuses the chronological positions of the two treatises compared). See for an assessment of the situation: T. Goudriaan (1977), esp. 158–161. Chapter two of the Tantrasārasaṃgraha is related to chapter 294, chapter eleven to chapter 299 of the Agnipurāṇa.