The document discusses the three classical Ayurvedic texts known as Laghutrayee - Bhavaprakasha by Bhavamishra, Sharangadhara Samhita by Sharangadhara, and Madhava Nidana by Madhavakara. It provides background information on the authors of each text such as their time period, home region, and notable works. For each text, it summarizes their key contributions such as the number of chapters and medical topics covered in Bhavaprakasha and Sharangadhara Samhita, and Madhavakara's systematic explanation of diseases in Madhava Nidana. The document also lists some important commentators of Sharangadhara

1. Laghutrayee
Dr. Sachin S. Bagali MD (Ayu)
Assistant Professor
Department of Samhita & Siddantha
BLDEA’s AVS AMV Vijayapur

2. • Bhavamishra
• Sharngadhara
• Madhavakara
Laghutrayee

3. Commentator Commentary Period
Bhavamishra Bhavaprakash 16th C AD
Sharngadhara Sharangadhara samhita 13th C AD
Madhavakara Madhava nidana 7th C AD

4. Bhavamishra
• One among ‘Laghu trayee’
• Period  16th C. AD
• Author  ‘Bhavaprakasa’  important treatise on Ayurveda
• Father  ‘Latakamishra’
• Belongs  Brahmin family & “Magadha Desa ”
(Lower & middle part of Bihar)
• Works-
 Bhavaprakasa  Available with Sanskrit commentary
 Guna Ratnamala  Manuscripts Available
 Madhavanidana Tippanai  Manuscripts Available
 Vaidya Nighantu  Not traced so far

5. • Consist of 3 division, 80 chapters
Poorva khanda 7 chapter Creation, PK, Dina & Rutu charya
Madhyama Khanda 71 chapter Nidana panchaka, Treatment,
Sadyasadyata
Uttara khanda 2 chapter Rasayana & Vajikarana

6. Madhavakara
• Period  7th c. AD
• Belong  Vanga Desha
• The word ‘kara’ represents to Bengal region
• Son  Indukara
• Author  Rogavinischaya  popular as Madhava
Nidana

7. • In his work , he composed pathological aspects of number of
diseases pertaining to various branches of Ayurveda such as,
 kaya chikitsa
 Bhuta vidya
 Salya chikitsa
 Salakya chikitsa
 Koumarbhritya
 Agadatantra

8. • Explained in systematic manner ,
Nidana (Causative factors)
Purva rupa (Premonitory symptoms)
Rupa (Sign’s & symptoms)
Upasaya /Anupasaya (whole / unwholesome substances used for Differential Diagnosis)
Samprapti (Pathogenesis)
Upadrava (Complications)
Arista Laksana (Definite signs of death )
• Total 79 diseases explained by M.N, contain 1522 verses in
69 chapters Add new diseases Amavata, Parinamasoola,
Annadravasoola, Medoroga, seetapeeta, Amlapitta, Masurika,
Yonikhanda, paksmashata

9. Sharangadhara
• One among Laghutrayee (MN, BP)
• Period  13-14 C. AD
• Wrote a treatise on medicine  ‘Sharangadhara Samhita’
• Also composed treatise on ‘Neeti Sastra’ known as
‘Sharangadhara Paddhati’
Raghava Dev
Gopal Damodar Devdas
Sharangadhara Laxmidar Krishna
• Eldest son of Damodar & Grandson of Raghava dev

10. • Consist of 3 division, 32 chapters
 Poorva khanda- 7 chapter- Medical Formulation & Examination
 Madhyama Khanda- 12 chapter- Pancha Vidha Kashaya Kalpana
 Uttara khanda- 13 chapter – Panchakarma, Opthalmic

11. Commentators of Sarangadhar Samhita
Commentator Commentary Period
Adhamalla Dipika 14th C AD
Kasiram vaidya Gudardha Dipika 16th C AD
Rudra Bhat Ayurveda Dipika 17th C AD
Vopa dev Sharngadhara Samitha 14th C AD