Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates 鈥楾reatments of Vataja diseases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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Treatments of 痴腻迟补箩补 diseases
The well-known types of 痴腻迟补箩补 roga are arthritis or 痴腻迟补, respiratory diseases or 艢惫腻蝉补, Joint arthritis or Sandhi-v膩ta and hip-gout or 碍补峁璱-惫腻迟补. Atharvaveda speaks about 痴腻迟补 disease. Bh膩vaprak膩艣a says the following foods increases 痴腻迟补鈥揚ras膩dhik膩, 碍丑别蝉腻谤墨, Kal膩i, gram, 艢测腻尘腻, mug, A岣峚hara, 搁腻箩补尘腻峁, 惭辞峁环补, 痴补谤腻峁璱办腻, Musurik膩 and Kodrava. The causes for 痴腻迟补 disease are the breath in the eastern air, staying up the night, onerous labour, starvation, sex, erosion of bodily minerals, lust, sorrow, anxiety etc. Atharvaveda says 笔颈辫辫补濒墨 is medicine for 痴腻迟补 roga. It is a life-giving medicine. It cures 鲍苍尘腻诲补-roga, 痴腻迟补-roga and 笔补办峁驳丑腻迟补. 膧肠腻谤测补 厂腻测补峁嘺 advises the use of 笔颈辫辫补濒墨 to treat 顿丑补苍耻谤惫腻迟补, 膧k峁paka or all 痴腻迟补 diseases[1]. Atharvaveda also mentions Vi峁Ｄ佱箛ak膩 or Vi峁Ｄ佱箛膩 medicine, 碍耻峁ａ弓丑补 medicine is the cure for 痴腻迟补. In 艢膩峁卥h膩yana G峁沨ya 厂奴迟谤补 惭补诲丑奴办补 has been mentioned as a cure for 痴腻迟补[2].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
pippal墨 k峁ptabhe峁jy奴t膩tividdhabhe峁j墨 |
t膩峁� dev膩岣� samakalpayanniya峁� j墨vitav膩 alam ||
pippalya岣� samavadant膩yat墨rjanan膩dadhi |
ya峁� j墨vama艣nav膩mahai na sa ri峁膩ti puru峁岣� ||
asurastv膩 nyakhanan dev膩stvodavapan puna岣� |
v膩t墨k峁泃asya bhe峁j墨matho k峁ptasya bhe峁j墨m || (AV. 鈥揤滨/109/1-3); Acarya Vedanta Tirtha (ed.), Atharvaveda鈥揤ol.1, Delhi, Manoj Publication, 2012, p. 345.
[2]:
艢膩峁卥h膩yana G峁沨ya 厂奴迟谤补鈥�1/12/9; 4/17/3.