Further particulars about the author

The editor says Ugrāditya wrote nothing about himself, but names his guru Śrīnandi and the place of composition, the Jina temple on the Rāmagiri hill in Veṅgi in the Trikaliṅga country, whose three parts he defines, and calls him a recognised, mature Ayurvedic scholar of the 8th century. He says the last section of the work proves by reasoning and authority that wine, meat and the like are improper as medicine or food, cites Indian and Western physicians who reject them, argues from Samantabhadra's bhasmaka disease and the powers of Pūjyapāda and Nāgārjuna that plant medicines suffice, and notes that the author calls Suśruta a syādvādin.