A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s1.141
A History of Hindu Chemistry from the Earliest Times to the Middle of the Sixteenth Century A.D. v1.c9.s1.141
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v1.c9.s1.141
The opening salutation of *Ashtánga*, which is addressed either to Buddha or some Buddhistic emblem, clearly reveals the religious faith of its author, there is a tradition current among the learned Pundits of S. India, “that Vāgbhata, formerly a Brahmin, was persuaded by a Bauddha priest to adopt his religion, which he embraced in the latter part of his life.”¹ Internal evidence also fully supports our author’s proclivities towards Buddhism,² and he seems to have flourished