Posts Tagged ‘Caraka Samhita’
Agnivesha – First Writer Of Ayurveda
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 11:16 No CommentsThe Great Heritage Of The Healing Art Left To Us By Krsna Atreya Would Have Been Lost To Us But For The Herculean Task Of His Chief Pupil Agnivesha Who Made A Detailed Record Of The Exposition Which Flowed From The Benevolent Lips Of His Preceptor Atreya. It Was Agnivesha Who Codified The Knowledge And [...]
The Period Of Atreya
Monday, February 2, 2009 13:30 No CommentsIt Would Be A Very Interesting And Engaging Study To Try To Fix The Date Of Atreya. There Is A Certain Preceptor Atreya, The Teacher Of Jivaka, The Stroies About Jivaka Are Found In The Literatures Of Various Countries Where Buddhism Flourished. Tibetan, Burmese And Sinhalese Versions Differ In Many Points. In The Tibetan Tales, [...]
The Great Teacher Of Kaya-Chikitsita Or Medicine
Monday, February 2, 2009 13:08 No CommentsAtreya The Great Teacher Of Kaya-Cikitsita Or Medicine Is Krsna Atreya According To Mahabharata. The Caraka Samhita, The Greatest Of The Works On Medicine Purports To Be The Final Embodiment Of Atreya’s Teaching. Every Chapter Opens With The Words ‘thus Spake The Worshipful Atreya’. Agnivesha And Other Disciples Are Greatly Attached To Him And Hold [...]
The Various Bhardwajas
Monday, February 2, 2009 12:51 No Comments“The First And The Foremost Famous Vedic Poet Of The Period Was Bhardwaja Vajineya. He Was The Contemporary Of Divodasa, Prastoka Saranjaya And Abhyavartin, Cayamana And Consequently Of Dasaratha. His Sons Were Garga And Payu. Ram Dasarathi Repair To His Hermitage On His Way Back From Lanka. He Was The Purohits Of Divodasa, Gave Pratardana [...]
The First Great Author Of Ayurveda
Monday, February 2, 2009 12:11 No CommentsAgnivesha The Great Heritage Of The Healing Art Left To Us By Krsna Atreya Would Have Been Lost To Us But For The Herculean Task Of His Chief Pupil Agnivesha Who Made A Detailed Record Of The Exposition Which Flowed From The Benevolent Lips Of His Preceptor Atreya. It Was Agnivesha Who Codified The Knowledge [...]
Caraka’s Contribution
Monday, February 2, 2009 11:17 No CommentsThat Caraka Merely Revised And Redacted An Old Treatise Dose Not Detract From His Greatness. The Ingenious Method Of Redaction He Adoped, Has Lent A Touch Of Freshness And Original; And Though Caraka Is Technically Only A Redactor, He Must Be Given Credit For Modifying The Old Work And Transforming It By His Magic Touch, [...]
