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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. Charaka, also known as Charak acharya ...
Samhita is a Sanskrit word from the prefix sam (सम्), 'together', and hita (हित), the past participle of the verbal root dhā (धा) 'put'. [4] [5] The combination word thus means "put together, joined, compose, arrangement, place together, union", something that agrees or conforms to a principle such as dharma or in accordance with justice, and "connected with". [1]
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.
The Hwasong-7 [6] (Korean: 《화성-7》형; Hanja: 火星 7型; spelled Hwaseong-7 in South Korea, lit. Mars Type 7), also known as Nodong-1 (Hangul: 로동(North),노동(South) 1호; Hanja: 蘆洞 1號), is a single-stage, mobile liquid propellant medium-range ballistic missile developed by North Korea.
Brhat Trayi. The Bṛhat-Trayī, literally translated as "The Great Triad (Of Compositions)", refers to three early Sanskrit encyclopaedias of medicine, which are the core texts of the indigenous Indian medical system of Ayurveda. These are contrasted with the Laghu-Trayī or the "lesser triad", a secondary set of later authoritative compositions.
About 100 BC the Charaka Samhita was written in India, stating that good medical practice requires a patient, physician, nurse, and medicines, with the nurse required to be knowledgeable, skilled at preparing formulations and dosage, sympathetic towards everyone, and clean. The first known Christian nurse, Phoebe, is mentioned in Romans 16:1.
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]