BRIEF INTRODUCTION ABOUT PRIYA NIGHANTU WRITTEN BY PRIYAVRAT SHARMA

1. PRIYA NIGHANTU
NAME: DR. SANAGALA PRIYANKA
SDM COLLEGE OF AYURVEDA
PG 2nd YEAR

2. ACHARYA PRIYAVRAT
SHARMA
DOB: 1st November,1920
PLACE: Khagul, Patna
GRADUATION: BHU, Varanasi
SPEACILITY: M.A Sanskrit, M.A Hindi

3. PUBLICATION
1ST EDITION: 1983, chowkhambha
Bharati academy, Varanasi
2ND REVISED EDITION: 1995

4. ABOUT AUTHOR
• Worked as principal in govt. ayurvedic college, Patna, Bihar. Later became deputy
director of health services and finally appointed as HOD in DG, BHU.
• Edited and published about 12 classical Nighantus starting from Astanga Nighantu
to Bhava prakasha.
• Written books on various aspects of Ayurveda like literary, scientific, conceptual as
well as history
• Authored and edited about 50 books, published and presented about 500 scientific
papers
• Was dean, faculty of Indian medicine for many years and retired in 1980

5. INTRODUCTION
• Priya Nighantu Belongs to 20th centuary
• Author has named this work as Priya Nighantu after his name
• Reasons for writing this Nighantu:
1. To clear the controversies on drugs
2. To avoid confusion with anekartha paryaya
3. To include the synonyms denoting morphology which have
been left out by prachina and madhyama kaala acharyas

6. IMPORTANCE
The anekartha paryaya of a dravya giving confusion – state has been
deleted. Only the ekartha vachakaanamam has been retained. Synonyms
denoting morphology have been left out by prachina and madyamakaala
acharya are included

7. NAME OF VARGA NUMBER OF DRUGS EXAMPLES
HARITAKYADI VARGA 115 HARITAKI, BILVA
PIPPALYADI VARGA 38 PIPPALI, KAPIKACCHU
SATAPUSHPADI VARGA 114 SATAPUSHPA, JIRAKA
SHARADI VARGA 78 SHARA, DARBHA
KASTURYADI VARGA 17 KASTURI, SUKTI
SUVARNADI VARGA 36 SUVARNA, VANGA
SHAKA VARGA 54 VASTUKA, UPODIKA
PHALA VARGA 46 AMRA, NARANGA
MAMSA VARGA 6 CHAGA MAMSA, ANDA
DHANYA VARGA 29 SALI, MADHULIKA
KRTANNA VARGA 47 YOGAS YAVAGU, ODANA
DRAVA VARGA 23 BHEDA JALA, DADHI
DRAVYADI VARGA 40 ASPECTS DRAVYA, RASAYANA KARMA

8. CONTRIBUTION TO DRAVYA GUNA
• The synonyms which denote different meanings of a drug, its
morphology and habitat has been explained.
• HARITAKI is called PATHYA as it clarifies the srotas
• KASMARYA have TAAMBULAKRITA PATRA and the
PHALA resembling that of BADARA.

9. CONTRIBUTIONS
• JATIPHALA plant grows in islands
• ELA grows in south india mainly in kerala

10. CONTRIBUTIONS
• When the branches of agnimantha plant is rubbed on one another fire is
generated, therefore the synonym agnimantha is given

11. CONTRIBUTIONS
VACHA DWIPANTARA VACHA NAKTAMALA
PUTI
VACHA KARANJA KARANJA
LATHA
HAIMAVATI KARANJA
KULANJANA

12. CONTRIBUTIONS
• In satapushpadi varga, parni chatustayam has been mentioned
1. shaliparni
2. prisniparni
3. mudga parni
4. masha parni
• In pippalyadi varga, VANABIMBI has been is included and identified
botanically as coccinia indica and its use in prameha.

13. CONTRIBUTIONS
• Aerva lanata which is commonly considered as one of the controversial drugs for
pashanabheda is given the name GORAKSHAGANJA
• Euphorbia thymifolia is considered as a smaller variety of dugdhika, but here it is
considered as a separate drug and named as BHUDUGDHIKA
• SADAMPUSHPA has been included and botanically identified as Lochnera rosea
and its use in RAKTA ARBUDA
• Similarly in satapushpadi varga, Podophyllium hexandrum has been named as
VANATRAPUSHPI and its use has been mentioned in RAKTA ARBUDA,
KRIMI, CHARMAKILA.

14. CONTRIBUTIONS
• Three types of panchatikta combinations has been mentioned:
1. Nimba, Amrutha, Vasa, Patola and Kantakari
2. Aparapanchatikta mentioned in phalatrikadi kwatha as-
Patola, Nimba, Katuki, Bhunimba and Amritha
3. Drdhabala has mentioned another combination in niruha basti prakarana
Patola, Nimba, Bhunimba, Rasna and Saptaparna

15. MODERN PREPARATIONS IN KRTANNA
VARGA
PADA RODIKA VISHAKUDAMA LAVANAKEENAM
ADOSHA INDARIKA VATAKA

16. SOME NEW DRUGS ARE INCLUDED
WITH MEDICINAL VALUES
SANSKRIT NAME BOTANICAL NAME
MASHA SIMBI Vigna unguiculata (Linn.)
GOPA SIMBI Cyamopsis tetragonaloba (Linn.)
PEETA KUSHMANDA Cucurbita maxima Duchesne.
RAKTA VRINTAKA Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.
MOSHAMBI Citrus sinensis (Linn.)
LITCHI Litchi chinensis Gaertn.
MAHA KAAYA Maize
VAJRANNAM Pearl millet

17. CONCLUSION
• Priya Nighantu is a lexicon of 20th centuary written by acharya
priyavrat sharma
• The book is divided into 13 vargas starting from haritakyadi varga to
dravyadi varga, in dravyadi varga various aspects of dravya guna
vijnana and the derivations of pharmacological actions like lekhana,
rasayana, vajikarana and deepana were explained
• The main reason for writing this book is to clear the controversial
aspects and to avoid confusion on anekartha paryayas

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