Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates 鈥楾reatment of Epilepsy (Mrigi)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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Treatment of Epilepsy (M峁沢墨)
The Atharvaveda describes the treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy is called M峁沢墨 or Mirg墨. In this disease, the person becomes unconscious and falls to the ground. This is called epilepsy. In the Atharvaveda, Da艣av峁沰峁, i.e., 顿补艣补尘奴濒补, has been called the medicine for the treatment of this disease[1]. There are ten herbs in 顿补艣补尘奴濒补 -Bilva, Agnimantha, 艢测辞苍腻办补, K膩艣mar墨, 笔腻峁璦濒腻, 艢腻濒补辫补谤峁嚹�, 笔峁浥沶颈辫补谤峁嚹�, 叠补岣嵞� Ka峁璭l墨, Cho峁璷 Ka峁璭l墨 and Gokharu. In the Atharvaveda, Tal膩艣膩 tree, 艢补峁卥丑补辫耻峁墨 etc. are said to be the destroyers of epilepsy. There are also references to Bac膩 medicine in Atharva-Pari艣i峁ａ弓a.
There are references to date palms in the Taittir墨ya 厂补峁僪颈迟腻[2]. Which destroys fainting, asthma, shortness of breath and cough. 艢补峁卥丑补辫耻峁墨 has also been called the destroyer of fainting.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
da艣av峁沰峁 mu帽cema峁� rak峁so 驳谤腻丑测腻 adhi yaina峁� jagr膩ha parvasu | atho ena峁� vanaspate j墨v膩n膩峁� lokamunnaya || 膩g膩dudag膩daya峁� j墨v膩n膩峁� vr膩tamapyag膩t | abh奴du putr膩峁嚹佱箖 辫颈迟腻 n峁涐箛膩峁� ca bhagavattama岣� || (AV. 鈥揑I/9/1-2); K. L. Joshi (ed.), Atharvaveda 厂补峁僪颈迟腻鈥揤ol. I, Delhi, Parimal Publication, 2015, p. 83.
[2]:
te kharj奴r膩 abhavan | Tai. 厂.鈥�2/4/9/2.