Ksarapani

Kśarpāni was a brilliant sixth pupil of medical education led by Atreya. He had compiled a Samhitā which is lost, in Vāgbhatta's time Kṣarpāni's quotations were inferable. Also several medical authors had liberally quoted him in the following works:

1. Upajhya Madhukosa
2. Vyākhyā kusumavali
3. Tattva candrikā
4. Cikitsā-kalikā-vivrtti
5. Śusruta Samhitā

References

• The Caraka Samhita published by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society, Jamnagar, India

 

Contributors to this article

Deval Sancheti, Shashi Maheshwari, Krishna Maheshwari

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