Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita
by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words
This page relates ‘Madhavanidana (Ayurveda book)’ found in the study on diseases and remedies found in the Atharvaveda and Charaka-samhita. These texts deal with Ayurveda—the ancient Indian Science of life—which lays down the principles for keeping a sound health involving the use of herbs, roots and leaves. The Atharvaveda refers to one of the four Vedas (ancient Sanskrit texts encompassing all kinds of knowledge and science) containing many details on Ayurveda, which is here taken up for study.
Mādhavanidāna (Āyurveda book)
Mādhavanidāna, written by Ācārya Indukara's son Mādhavakara, is a famous ancient text of Āyurveda. The book was written in the seventh century. Mādhavakara mentions Vāgvaṭṭa's words in this text.
Describing the greatness of this book, the later Ācāryas said—
This book is included in Laghutrayī.
The book is divided into two parts—Mādhavanidāna I and Mādhavanidāna II. There are sixty-nine chapters in this book and at the end the book ends with another chapter called Biṣayānukramanikā. In the First to Sixty nine chapters describes are as follows–Pañca Nidāna Lakṣaṇa; Jvara Nidāna [nidānaṃ]; Atisāra Nidāna [nidānaṃ]; Grahaṇī Roga Nidāna [nidānaṃ]; Arśa Nidāna [nidānaṃ]; Agnimāndya, Ajīrṇa, Visūcīkā; Kṛminidāna; Pāṇḍuroga, Kāmalā, Kumbhakāmalā, Halīmakanidāna; Raktapitta; Rājayakṣmā or Kṣatakṣīṇa; Kāśanidāna; Hikkāśvāsanidāna; Sarvabheda; Arocaka; Chardi; Tṛṣṇā; Mūrcchā; Pānātyaya, Paramada, Pānājīrna, and Pānavibhrama; Dāha; Unmāda; Apasmāra; Vātavyādhi; Vātarakta; Urustambha; Āmavāta; Śūla; Udavartādi; Gulma; Hṛdroga; Mūtrakṛccha; Mūtraghāta; Aśmarī; Parameha; Medaroga; Udara; Śotha; Vṛddhi; Galagaṇḍa or Gaṇḍamālā or Apacīgranthi; Ślipada; Vidradhi; Varṇa Śotha; Śarīra Varṇa; Sadyovarṇa; Bhagna; Nāḍī Varṇa; Bhagandara; Upadaṃśa; Śuka Doṣa; Kuṣṭha; Śītapitta; Amlapitta; Visarpa; Visphoṭa; Musurikā; Kṣudraroga; Oral Disease; Otolaryngology; Nāsaroga; Ophthalmology; Headache; Asṛgdara; Yonīvyāpad; Yonīkanda; Mūḍhagarbha; Sūtikā disease; Breast disease; Stanya Duṣṭi; Bālaroga; and Viṣa Roga etc. have been discussed[1].
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Mādhava-Nidāna of Mādhavakara with the Commentary Madhukoṣa by Vijayarakṣita & Śrīkaṇṭhadatta, Brahmanand Tripathi(ed.), trans. Kanjiv Lochan, Varanasi, Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan, 2018, pp. 1-1067.