Posts Tagged ‘Krsna Atreya’
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 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 [...]
