Savitri Mumukshu - सावित्री मुमुक्षु
Savitri Mumukshu - सावित्री मुमुक्षु

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Kitāb al-Fihrist, a catalog of books studied by Muslims at Baghdad was compiled by Ibn al-Nadim (998 AD). It clearly shows Islamic scholars learned medicine from Hindu books such as Caraka-Saṃhitā, Suśrutasaṃhitā, Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā of Vāgbhaṭa & many others.
Reference:
The Fihrist of Al-Nadim: A Tenth-Century Survey of Islamic Culture, Edited and Translated by Bayard Dodge, Volume 1, Columbia University Press, 1970

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