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Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)

Source: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa

Vaitika (वैतिक) refers to the “variegated (hybrid variety) of snakes”, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā—an important topic from Āyurveda which deals with the study of Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—Though vaitika variegated (hybrid variety) of snakes are mentioned by Kāśyapa in his classification of snakes, there is no mention of exclusive treatment to cure their poison as such. As mentioned by him in the fourth adhyāya, the vaitika snakes aggravate all the three humors, vāta, pitta and kapha in a victim who is bitten by them, while the Darvīkara, Maṇḍalī and Rājila aggravate but one of the doṣas. Hence it is to be presumed that a judicious and effective combination of drugs used for the other varieties of snakes must be administered in cases attached to vaitika snakes.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Starts with: Vaitikacaivam, Vaitikacattiram, Vaitikaccelavu, Vaitikaccol, Vaitikam, Vaitikamarkkam, Vaitikappati, Vaitikavalakkam, Vaitikavinai, Vaitikaviputi.

Full-text: Vaitikaccelavu, Vaitikamarkkam, Vaitikaviputi, Vaitikavalakkam, Ilaukikacattiram, Vaitikacattiram, Vaitikavinai, Cattirapancakam, Vaitikacaivam, Vaitikaccol, Vaitikam, Vaitaka.

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