On the other hand, ‘Chandrata’, the son of ‘Tisata’ wrote commentary on ‘Chikitsakalika’, but has not mentioned Vagbhata in his book. The author of a treatise ‘Chikitsa Kalika’, Acharya Tisata quotes that he is the son of ‘Vagbhata’ in the colophon at the end of the book. Both these terms denote the same person, Vagbhata. Bahata is a Prakrit variant of the term Vagbhata. But later commentators, Jejjata and Indu used the term ‘Bahata’ in place of Vagbhatha. In Ashtanga Sangraha, the name of the author was specifically mentioned as Vagbhata. He simplified Ashtanga Sangraha and wrote Ashtanga Hridaya. This shows that Vagbhata has taken excerpts and material from the pre-existing Ayurvedic treatises and has given it another shape, easier one. From that store of nectar has arisen Ashtanga Hridaya for the benefit of less intelligent people’. The author himself says, ‘By churning the great ocean of medical science, a great store of nectar by name Ashtanga Sangraha was obtained. Kriyate ‘ṣṭāṅgahṛdayaṃ nātisaṅkṣepavistaram |įrom those Ayurvedic text books, which are too elaborate and hence very difficult to study, only the essence is collected and presented in Ashtanga Hridaya, which is neither too short nor too elaborate. Tebhyo’tiviprakīrṇebhyaḥ prāyaḥ sārataroccayaḥ||4|| As per Ashtanga Hrudayam Sutrasthana 1st chapter,
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