The Carakasaṃhita

With special reference to its transmission and the Vimānasthāna

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  • Maas 2010a
    Philipp André Maas, “On What Became of the Carakasaṃhitā After Dṛḍhabala’s Revision,” in: eJournal of Indian Medicine 3.1 (2010), pp. 1-22.
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  • Preisendanz 2000
    Karin Preisendanz, “Debate and Independent Reasoning vs. Tradition: On the Precarious Position of Early Nyāya,” in: Ryutaro Tsuchida and Albrecht Wezler (eds.), Harānandalaharī. Volume in Honour of Professor Minoru Hara on his Seventieth Birthday. Reinbek 2000 (= 2001), p. 221–251.
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