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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita

by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words

This page relates ‘Agnivesha (Ayurveda scholars)� found in the study on diseases and remedies found in the Atharvaveda and Charaka-samhita. These texts deal with Ayurveda—the ancient Indian Science of life—which lays down the principles for keeping a sound health involving the use of herbs, roots and leaves. The Atharvaveda refers to one of the four Vedas (ancient Sanskrit texts encompassing all kinds of knowledge and science) containing many details on Ayurveda, which is here taken up for study.

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Ծś (Āܰ岹 scholars)

There are eight sects in Āܰ岹 i.e. Āٰⲹ, Dhanvantari, Śālākya, ūٲ, Kaumārbhṛtya, Agadatantra, Rasāyanatāntrika and Vājīkaraṇatāntrika. The most important books in Āܰ岹 after Atharvaveda are Maharṣi Ծś compiled the advice of Āٰⲹ to create Ծśtantra which was farther reformed by Caraka to composed 䲹첹-ṃh.

Ծś was the most intelligent disciple of Punarvasu Āٰⲹ. He was one among the six disciples of Āٰⲹ. The methodology of teachings of Punarvasu Āٰⲹ shows the clarifications by Āٰⲹ to the questions raised by Ծś which proves the priority of Ծś among the six disciples of Āٰⲹ. His period maybe 1000 BC. Ծś was the son of Devadatta. He was also called Hutāsa, Hutāsaveśa, Vahniveśa. ʳܰṇa mentions him as the incarnation of God Agni. Ծś was the first man who composed a treatise known as Ծś Tantra in twelve thousand verses, eight divisions, one hundred twenty chapters but the original Ծś Tantra is not available now. It was revised by Caraka divided by Dṛḍhavala and available as Caraka-ṃh, a popular book of General medicine. In total forty-one chapters are seventeen from cikitsā sthāna, twelve Kalpa sthāna, twelve Siddhi sthāna. Forty-one chapters were lost from Ծś Tantra. Formulations attributed to Ծś–Caṅgeri ṛt, Vasādya ṛt, Śataphala ṛt, Tiktaka ṛt, Mahātiktaka ṛt, Tṛṣṇādya ṛt. Works of Ծś–Ծś� Tantra, ñᲹԲ Բ, Բ Sthāna, ʲīṣ�, 峾ⲹṇa Rahasya, 峾ⲹṇa Śataśloki[1].

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[1]:

Dr. Dingari Lakshmana Chary, A Text Book of Padartha Vijnana Evam Ayurveda Itihasa, Delhi, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan, 2017, pp. 307-313.

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