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Not Much Is Known About Jatukarna, The Co-Student Of Agnivesa And Agnivesa And A Great Medical Author Or The Golden Age Of Ayurveda. He Is Also Said To Have Compiled A Medical Treatise, But It Is Not Availlable Now. It Seems It Was Available Upto Carakapani’s Time As We Find Profuse Quotations From Jatukarna In Carakapani’s Work. Carakapani Seems To Have Selected Passages More From Jatukarna Than Bhela.

In Satapatha Brahmana He Is Described As The Propounder Of Brahma Vidya. He Is Also A Great Seer Whose Name Is Reverently Used To Denote A Gotra.

The Word Jatukarna As Such Means Bat-Eared. We Do Not Know Whether Our Jatukarna Hed Ears Like A Bat Or Whether It Was Just A Proper Noun Without Any Relation To Its Derivation.

Jatukarna Is Also Known As Jatukarna And Is Quoted In Many Famous Medical Works.

Vyakhya Kusumavali

Vyakhya Kusumavali Contains Many Other Quotationsout Of Which Only Two Are Cited Above.

Nibandha Sangraha:

Tattwa-Candrika:

We Refrain From Giving More Quotation From This Work For Fear Of Length.

In Commenting On Palankasadyam Tailam Sivadasa Quotes The Different Readings From Jatukarna

Vyakhya Madhukosa:

Susruta:

Vagbhata’s Astangahrdaya:

Besides This, We Find A Host Of Quotations From Jatukarna In Vagbhata.

It Is Said That We Come To Know Of This Greatly Learned Author Through The Scattered Quotations In Other Medical Works, The Original Work Having Been Lost To Us, Perhaps For Ever.

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