The editor says the author wrote a sentence at the end of the work that greatly helps to decide…

The editor says the author wrote a sentence at the end of the work that greatly helps to decide his time: 'ity aśeṣa-viśeṣa-viśiṣṭa-duṣṭa-piśitāśi-vaidyaśāstreṣu māṁsa-nirākaraṇārtham ugrādityācāryair nṛpatuṅgavallabhendra-sabhāyām udghoṣitaṁ prakaraṇam'. He takes it to show that the ācārya himself expounded this section in the assembly of Śrī Nṛpatuṅgavallabhendra to prove that meat is of no use in medicine, and says the verse placed just above it supports this.

Why it is kept for review: The author's date (the closing sentence of the work).

वे लिखते हैं कि-इत्यशोषविशोषविशिष्टदुष्टपिशिताशिवैद्यशास्त्रोषु मांसनिराकरणार्थ मुग्रादित्याचार्यैर्नृपतंुगवल्लभेन्द्र सभायामुद्घोषितं प्रकरणम्””