Philosophy of Charaka-samhita
by Asokan. G | 2008 | 88,742 words
Ayurveda, represented by Charaka and Sushruta, stands first among the sciences of Indian intellectual tradition. The Charaka-samhita, ascribed to the great celebrity Charaka, has got three strata. (1) The first stratum is the original work composed by Agnivesha, the foremost of the six disciples of Punarvasu Atreya. He accomplished the work by coll...
Dialectical terms (14): Investigation (jijñāsā)
Investigation (jijñāsā) means a deliberate examination (parīkṣā). For instance, a medicine is prescribed for a disease only after a proper examination.[1] Akṣapāda does not refer to jijñāsā in his categorical discussion. But Vātsyāyana uses it in a different sense. He considers it as one of the five factors which initiate discussion.[2]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
CS, Vimāna - sthāna, VIII. 46.
[2]:
For details see Vātsyāyana on Nyāyasūtra., I. i. 32, Nyāya-Bhāṣya of Vātsyāyana., p. 53.