Astanga Hridaya of Vagbhata Set of 3 Vols.
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Author | Dr. Kanjiv Lochan |
Publisher | Chaukhamba Publications |
Language | English & Sanskrit |
Edition | 2022 |
ISBN | 978-93-81608-90-6 |
Pages | 1497 |
Cover | Paper Back |
Size | 14 x 4 x 22 (l x w x h) |
Weight | |
Item Code | CSS0042 |
Other | You Will Get Free Redius Pen Pack of 5 Pics. |
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Astanga Hridaya of Vagbhata Set of 3 Vols. T Science, i. e. Ayurveda’, is a significant text on the subject. Ranked at par with the texts of Charaka and Sushruta, the work has traditionally been included among the Great Triad or Brihat Trayi of the Ayurveda. This work consists of the basics of the teaching and preaching contained in the texts of ancient Ayurvedic theorists including Agnivesha, Atreya, Charaka and Sushruta, Bhela, and Harita. The originality of the Ashtanga Hridaya is in its crisp and to the point presentation of the theme. The work has as many as 120 chapters distributed through six sections.
In a short space of time, the work rose to great significance and as such a number of commentators laid their hands upon it. As a matter of fact, in terms of commentators, the Ashtanga Hridaya is richer even than the Charaka Text and Sushruta Text. Within 100 year of its appearance, this treatise appeared to have caught the notice and attention of the practitioners and theorists of Ayurveda throughout India, and even beyond.
The Ashtanga Hridaya was translated into Tibetan under the name Rgud Bzi during 755-797 AD. The work was also translated into Arabic and published with the name Astankar during the reign of Khalifa Harun-al-Rashid (786-808 AD). The international popularity of the work is also evident by the fact that the famous Persian physician Ali b. Sahl Rabban al Tabari, who authored Firdaws al- Hikma fi l-tibb around 850 AD named Ashtanga Hridaya as one of the major works on medicine. The treatise without doubt remained the most popular work on medicine across the world up to the Industrial Revolution.
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