[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c7.152 # Hindu Medicine c7.152 Hindu Medicine c7.152 - **Language:** English ### [c7.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.152) Since the renderings by the four remaining pupils of Ātreya seem to have been lost permanently, while the Bhelasaṃhitā, taken by itself, is only a poor and confused source for the earlier period of classic Hindu medicine, the Carakasaṃhitā stands as the finest document of the creative period of the last centuries before the beginning of our era, both, in regard to the extent of its contents and to its state of preservation. - [Previous: c7.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.151) - [Next: c7.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.153) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7) ## Cites (2) - [Carakasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.caraka) — Agniveśa (Āyurveda) & Caraka, Sanskrit - [Bheḷasaṃhitā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.samhita.atreya.bhela) — Bheḷa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.152) · Pramāṇa