The original elephant tamer, he composed a Sanskrit work called (colophon title) Hastyāyurveda Saṃhitā, which still exists. See Edgerton, Elephant Lore, p. 3 et passim. He revealed his knowledge to the King of Aṅga, Romapāda.
K. Balasubrahmania Iyer, review of Edgerton's book Elephant Lore of the Hindus, contained in Journal of Oriental Research Madras, vol. 7 (1933), pp. 191-195. Reference to a manuscript of a Hastyāyurveda work ascribed to him in the Government Oriental manuscripts Library in Madras.
