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Charak Samhita 3.VIII.6 (Abridged) The Charaka Samhita states that the content of the book was first taught by Atreya, and then subsequently codified by Agniveśa, revised by Charaka, and the manuscripts that survive into the modern era are based on one completed by Dṛḍhabala. Dṛḍhabala stated in the Charaka Samhita that he had to write one-third of the book himself because this ...
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 ...
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.
Tantrāloka (Sanskrit: तन्त्रालोक, romanized: tantrāloka, lit. 'Elucidation of Tantra') is a treatise of Abhinavagupta, a writer and philosopher of the Kashmir Shaivism school of Hindu philosophy.
Sushruta Samhita Book 1, Chapter XXXIV Translator: Bhishagratna Date The most detailed and extensive consideration of the date of the Suśrutasaṃhitā is that published by Meulenbeld in his History of Indian Medical Literature (1999-2002). Meulenbeld states that the Suśrutasaṃhitā is likely a work that includes several historical layers, whose composition may have begun in the last ...
The ancient Hindu medical treatise Charaka Samhita attributes Bharadvaja learning medical sciences to Indra, after pleading that "poor health was disrupting the ability of human beings from pursuing their spiritual journey", and then Indra provides both the method and specifics of medical knowledge. [12] [13]
[2] [20] [12] The Charaka Samhita was also updated by Dridhabala during the early centuries of the Common Era. [153] Statue of Charaka, ancient Indian physician, in Haridwar, India. The Bower Manuscript (dated to the early 6th century CE [154]) includes of excerpts from the Bheda Samhita [155] and its description of concepts in Central Asian ...
Literature of Kashmir has a long history, the oldest texts having been composed in the Sanskrit language. Early names include Patanjali, the author of the Mahābhāṣya commentary on Pāṇini's grammar, suggested by some to have been the same to write the Hindu treatise known as the Yogasutra, and Dridhbala, who revised the Charaka Samhita of Ayurveda.