Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates 鈥楥araka-Samhita (Ayurveda book)鈥� found in the study on diseases and remedies found in the Atharvaveda and Charaka-samhita. These texts deal with Ayurveda鈥攖he ancient Indian Science of life鈥攚hich 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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颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻 (膧测耻谤惫别诲补 book)
Some of the famous books of 膧测耻谤惫别诲补 补谤别鈥�颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻, Su艣ruta 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, A峁ａ弓膩峁単a H峁沝aya, A峁ａ弓膩峁単a Sa峁僩raha, K膩艣yapa 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, M膩dhava Nid膩na, Rasaratna Samuccaya, Bh膩vaprak膩艣a, Yogaratn膩kara, 艢膩ra峁単adhara 厂补峁僪颈迟腻.
Caraka-厂补峁僪颈迟腻 -膧测耻谤惫别诲补 has been widely practiced in India since time immemorial. The purpose of preserving the views of the ancient 膧肠腻谤测补蝉 was to create several later texts. The oldest, richest, scripturally written and justified compilation is the Caraka- 厂补峁僪颈迟腻. The available 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻 is not the work of a single person. Because it is said at the end of the 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻 that this book was written by Mahar峁 础驳苍颈惫别艣补, one of the disciples of Mahar峁 膧迟谤别测补, reformed by Caraka and filled by Kapilbala's son 顿峁涐笉丑补产补濒补. That is the most important books in 膧测耻谤惫别诲补 after Atharvaveda are Mahar峁 础驳苍颈惫别艣补 compiled the pieces of advice of 膧迟谤别测补 to create 础驳苍颈惫别艣补tantra which was farther reformed by Caraka to composed 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻. Later 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻 was reformed and compiled by Mahar峁 D峁涐笉havala. It is heard that in the absence of full-fledged 膧测耻谤惫别诲补 practice, when premature death and ageing occurred in the society, the snake god 艢别峁-苍腻驳补 was born on the earth in the form of Caraka and reformed the 膧测耻谤惫别诲补 of 础驳苍颈惫别艣补 in a just manner and the Caraka- 厂补峁僪颈迟腻, after its name, appears to have been composed in the first century AD. The 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻 consists of eight sections and one hundred and twenty chapters. S奴tra 蝉迟丑腻苍补 describes the symptoms and needs of 膧测耻谤惫别诲补, description of physical and mental defects, application of minerals and herbs to cure diseases, etc.
狈颈诲腻苍补蝉迟丑腻苍补 describes the symptoms of various diseases; The role of bitter acid juice at the root of various diseases is discussed in the Vim膩na 蝉迟丑腻苍补; The description and features of the limbs of the human body are described in the 艢补谤墨谤补 蝉迟丑腻苍补; In 艢补谤墨谤补 蝉迟丑腻苍补 describes the role of the various senses in the emergence of disease; Causes and remedies of various diseases described in the Cikits膩蝉迟丑腻苍补; In Kalpa, 蝉迟丑腻苍补 describes product quality judging and making medicine from different plants; In Siddhi, 蝉迟丑腻苍补 describes the doctor's medicine service and non-service trial etc. Many annotations and comments have been written as a proof of the great popularity of the 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻.
Notable among them are the commentaries by Cakrap膩峁噄 Da峁弓a (eleventh century AD), Carakatattvad墨pik膩 by Shivdas Sen (sixteenth century AD), Jalpakalpataru by Gangadhar Roy (eighteenth century) etc. 颁补谤补办补-厂补峁僪颈迟腻, the best book of 碍腻测补肠颈办颈迟蝉腻, is an impeccable work on the philosophy, disease and cure of ancient Indian medicine[1].
That is why the Mahatma 顿峁涐笉丑补产补濒补 said firmly鈥�
鈥�肠颈办颈迟蝉腻 bah峁噄ve艣asya svasthaturahita峁� prati yadih膩sti tadanyatra yanneh膩sti na tat kvacit ||
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Caraka 厂补峁僪颈迟腻 -Vol. I & II: with elaborated Vidyotini Hindi Commentary, trans. Kasinatha Pandey & Gorakha Natha Chaturvedi, Varanasi, Chaukhambha Bharati Academy, 2015, pp. 1-1024, 1-1120.