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The Charaka Samhita (IAST: Caraka-Saṃhitā, “Compendium of Charaka”) is a Sanskrit text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine). [1] [2] Along with the Sushruta Samhita, it is one of the two foundational texts of this field that have survived from ancient India. [3] [4] [5] It is one of the three works that constitute the Brhat Trayi.
Charaka was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in ancient India.He is known as a physician who edited the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita, one of the foundational texts of classical Indian medicine and Ayurveda, included under Brhat-Trayi.
The original text of Charaka Shapath in the Sanskrit language in the Devanagari script along with an English translation of the same is reproduced below. The text and translation are taken mostly from Charaka Samhita, Shree Galabkuverba Ayurveic Society, Jamnagar India, 1947, Volume II, pp. 865–871.
The Society had translated Charaka Samhita into English, Hindi and Gujarati languages. The society built the Dhanwantari Mandir, a large palatial building, in 1944. The society founded Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, the first Ayurveda college of India, in 1946.
The Agnivesha Samhita, dated back to 1500 BCE, [4] is based on Atreya's teachings, and is a lost text on Ayurveda. [5] The Agniveśatantra, consisting of 12,000 verses, [6] is stated to be the foundational text of the Agnivesha school, one of the six schools of early Ayurveda (others being Parashara, Harita, Bhela, Jatukarna, and Ksharpani). [7]
Charaka Samhita is a voluminous work containing 120 chapters divided into eight parts. In the third part, called Vimanasthana , along with other topics such as, training of a physician, ethics of medical practice, pathology , diet and nourishment, taste of medicines, etc., there is also a discussion on the principles of debate.
Charaka later on, taking cues from Agnivesa Samhita, produced the now renowned work Charaka Samhita around 300 B.C. which survived and has been handed down to us in the form of Bower Manuscript dated around 4th century. Charaka Samhita is the foundational text of Ayurveda. [citation needed]
Charaka (lit. ' wanderer '), an ancient Indian physician Charaka Samhita, the foundational text of the Indian medical system of Ayurveda written by Charaka; Charaka shapath or Charaka oath, a set of instructions for students of medicine, the well-being of the patient etc. (cf. Hippocratic Oath)