Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita
by Nayana Sharma | 2015 | 139,725 words
This page relates ‘Soma (the Lord of the drugs)’ of the study on the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita, both important and authentic Sanskrit texts belonging to Ayurveda: the ancient Indian science of medicine and nature. The text anaylsis its medical and social aspects, and various topics such as diseases and health-care, the physician, their training and specialisation, interaction with society, educational training, etc.
Soma (the Lord of the drugs)
It is believed that the gods headed by Brahmā placed a remnant of the nectar they had consumed in Soma, the Moon, who is the Lord of the drugs (oṣadhipati).[1]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Suśruta Saṃhitā Cikitsāsthāna 30.30/1.