title: [Jīvaka's recipes in Indian ancient medical texts].
abstract: Jīvaka was very important in the history of Indian Buddhist medicine, and Indian āyurvedic classics yet ascribed some recipes to him. Jīvaka's four recipes from Nāvanītaka, Carkadatta, and Bodhisattva - garbhastha - sūtra etc. were handed down, reflecting his medical achievements.
authors.affiliation: Department of History, Peking University, Beijing 100871.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D002016:Buddhism / Q000266:history*; D003296:Cooking / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D007194:India; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*