Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita

by Laxmi Maji | 2021 | 143,541 words

This page relates ‘Treatment of Kshipta-roga’ 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.

The Atharvaveda provides for the treatment of Kṣipta-roga. Dhanurvāta disease is accepted by Kṣipta-roga. The Atharvaveda speaks of Pippalī medicine[1].

Footnotes and references:

[1]:

vāñcha me tanvaṃ pādau vāñchākṣyau vāñcha sakthyau |
akṣyau vṛṣaṇyantyāḥ keśā māṃ te kāmena śuṣyantu ||
(AV. –VI.109.1); Veda Atharvaveda Saṃhitā, trans. Dilip Mukhopadhyaya, Kolkata, Aksaya Library, 2017, p. 493.

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