this chapter deals with the Ayurveda granthas.and explained in details about desciple of Agnivesha.and benifit of reading CHARAKA AND SUSHRUTA SAMHITA.

1. वैद्यक संहिताववज्ञानीयमध्याय
“Texts on Ayurveda”
Manjunath bhat
Sanskrit lecturer
Shri Shivayogeeshwara Rural
Ayurvedic Medical Collage,
Inchal

2.  The chapter on वैद्यक संहिता imparts
knowledge in respect of important संहिता’s
in ayurveda dealing with the ancient system
of medicine (वैद्यक शास्त्र).
 Lord brahma was said to be the primitive
expounder of this divine science.

3. It descended earth through
दक्षप्रजापतत
अश्ववतन क
ु मारा’s
Lord इन्द्रा
भारद्वाज
पुनववसु आरेय

4.  Different views in respect of
descending आयुवेद have been
traditionally established by various
branches of this science
 Lord धन्द्वन्द्तरर and sage भारद्वाज were
the face to face disciples of lord Indra
 Literary works based on this science by
the predecessors to like ब्रह्म संहिता
are mentioned in various texts.

5.  अथ मैत्ररपरः पुण्यमायुवेदं पुनववसुः।
शशष्येभ्यो दत्तवान ् षड्भभ्यः सववभूतानुकम्पया॥
 अश्ननवेवच भेलवच जतुकर्व पराशरः।
िाररत क्षारपाणर्वच जग्रह्यस्त्तन्द्मुनेववचः॥
 Muni punarvasu got the knowledge of
ayurveda from sage Bharadwaja.
 Punarvasu was very friendly with all the
living beings.
 To help all the leaving being ,he preached
the knowledge of आयुवेद.

6.  Through his six desciples.
 The six desciples are:
 अश्ननवेश,भेल,जतुकर्व,पराशर,िाररत,
क्षारपाणर्.
 All these 6 desciples were very clever
and were interested to learn this
science.
 They grasped the whole knowledge of
आयुवेद very quickly.

7. बुद्हदवववशेषस्त्तरासीन्द्नोपदेशान्द्तरं मुनेः।
तन्द्रस्त्य कताव प्रथममश्ननवेशो
यतोsभवत ्॥
 Among all the desciples अश्ननवेश was
very talented and intelligent.
 By using his special ability he wrote a
first ग्रन्द्थ inआयुवेद.without extra
coaching by the गुरु.

8. चरक सुश्रुतवचैव वानभटवच तथाsपरः।
मुख्यवच संहिता वाच्यश्स्त्तस्र एव युगे
युगे॥
 The science of आयुवेद is the oldest
science in the field of medicine
 In all युगा’s this science was very
popular
 Eventhough many classical texts are
present in different युगा’s

9.  चरक संहिता क्रतयुग
 सुश्रुत संहिता द्वापरयुग
 वानभट संहिता कशलयुग

10. अश्ननवेशक्रते तन्द्रे चरकप्रततसंस्त्क्रते।
यहदिाश्स्त्त तदन्द्यर यन्द्नेिाश्स्त्त न तत्
क्वचचत्॥
 रढबल appreciates about the fine quality of
चरक संहिता.
 When the first ग्रन्द्थ of आयुवेद was written by
अश्ननवेश,it was called as अश्ननवेश तन्द्र.
 Then चरक who was the अवतार of आहदशेष
revised the अश्ननवेश तन्द्र and called it चरक
संहिता
 The चरक संहिता is a great text in the field of
आयुवेद,

11.  It is studied that punarvasu atreya
was the physician in satya yuga
 Sushruta was the physician in
dwaparayuga
 Vaghata was the physician in
kaliyuga whose importance
proved here.

12. तनदाने माधवः श्रेष्टः सूरस्त्थाने तु वानभटः।
शारीरे सुश्रुतः श्रेष्टवचरकस्त्तु चचकिकश्सिसते॥
 There are many popular ग्रन्द्था’s in the
field of आयुवेद.
 All the ग्रन्द्था’s may have same names of
chapters(स्त्थाना’s),but each ग्रन्द्था is
famous for a specific chapter.

13.  तनदान स्त्थान – माधव तनदान
 सूरस्त्थान – वानभट संहिता
 शरीर स्त्थान – सुश्रुत संहिता
 चचकिकसिसा स्त्थान – चरक संहिता
 These samhita is famous in each sthana

14.  The Madhava Nidana is considered as
the famous text on nidhana
sthana(Etiology/pathogenesis)
 The Sutra sthanan of Ashtanaga
sangraha of Vagbhata is regarded as the
most illustrious one
 The shareera sthana of sushruta samhita
is the unique exposition of
shareera(human Anotomy/physiology)
 The chikitsa sthana of Charaka samhita
is rewarded as the pioneer in therapeutic
practise

15.  अष्टाङ्गसंग्रिे ज्ञाते वृथा प्राक्तन्द्रयोः श्रमः।
अष्टाङ्गसंग्रिेऽज्ञाते वृथा प्राक्तन्द्रयोः श्रमः॥
 This वलोका tells about the greatness of
अष्टाङ्ग संग्रि
 For a person who studies अष्टाङ्ग संग्रि there
is no use in putting efforts to study other
ayurvedic ग्रन्द्थ.
 Like wise without studying अष्टाङ्ग संग्रि if we
study the other ग्रन्द्था’s.it is also weast because
अष्टाङ्ग संग्रि is the collection of information
from all the grat ग्रन्द्था’s of आयुवेद.
 So by studying अष्टाङ्ग संग्रि a person is able
to get maximum knowledge and it also saves
the time and efforts.

16. यहद चरकमधीते तद् ध्रुवं सुश्रुताहद
प्रणर्गहदतगदानां नाममारेऽवप बाह्यः।
अथ चरकवविीनः प्रकिक्रयायमणिन्द्नः
किकशमव िलु करोतु व्याचधतानां वराकः॥
 An आयुवेदाचायव should study चरक संहिता and
सुश्रुत संहिता
 If a physician studies only चरक संहिता and he
is not aware of सुश्रुत संहिता,then he can only
treat the patient,but he won’t able to answer
the problem of the patients

17.  If a phycisian studies only सुश्रुत संहिता
and if he is not aware of चरक संहिता,then
he can only identify the disease but he
can not treat the patient

18.  To became a सद् वैद्य, a person should
know about both चरक संहिता and सुश्रुत
संहिता
 Both texts are like pillars in the field of
आयुवेद.

19. सुश्रुतं न श्रुतं येन किकमन्द्यैबविुशभः श्रुतैः।
नालोकिक चरक
ं येन स वैद्यो वैद्यतनश्न्द्दतः॥
 The आयुवेदाचायव should know the name
and ग्रन्द्था’s ओफ़् चरक and सुश्रुत.
 If any आयुवेदाचायव says that he hasn’t heard
the names of सुश्रुत and चरक and their
संहिता but the names of other आचायव’s ,then
that person will be critcized by the other
वैद्या’s

20. ऋवषप्रर्ीते प्रीततवचेन्द्मुक्सिवा चरकसुश्रुतौ।
भेडाद्याः किकं न पठ्यन्द्ते तस्त्माद् ग्राह्यं
सुभावषतम ्॥
 In the histry of आयुवेद there is appreciation
only about the संहिता’s of चरक and सुश्रुत
 It is only due to the affection of the sages
towards चरक and सुश्रुत
 But even the other ग्रन्द्था’s are also qualified
and one can get the knowledge from the
ग्रन्द्था’s composed by the other disciples of
आरेय पुनववसु and धन्द्वन्द्तरर