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'''Vāgbhaṭa''' (वाग्भट) is one of the most influential writers, Scientist, Doctor and advisor of [[ayurveda]].  Several works are associated with his name as author, principally the [[Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha]] (अष्टाङ्गसंग्रह) and the [[Ashtāngahridayasaṃhitā]] (अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता).  The best current research, however, argues in detail that these two works cannot be the product of a single author.  Indeed, the whole question of the relationship of these two works, and their authorship, is very difficult and still far from solution.<ref name="Meulenbeld">{{cite book|last=Meulenbeld|first=G. Jan|title=History of Indian Medical Literature|date=1999–2002|publisher=Egbert Forsten|location=Groningen |volume=IA}}</ref>{{rp|645}}  Both works make frequent reference to the earlier classical works, the [[Charaka Samhita]] and the [[Sushruta Samhita]].<ref name="Meulenbeld"/>{{rp|391–593}}  Vāgbhaṭa is said, in the closing verses of the ''Ashtānga sangraha'' to have been the son of Simhagupta and pupil of Avalokita.  He was a Buddhist, as is shown by his explicit praise for the Buddha by name at the start of the ''Ashtāngasangraha'', and his praise of the Buddha under the title "Unprecedented Teacher" in the opening verse of the ''Ashtānga hridayasamhitā.''  His work contains syncretic elements.