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Vagbhata

Ayurvedic physician

Vāgbhaṭa (वाग्भट) was one of the most influential writers of Ayurveda.

Vāgbhata (वाग्भट) is one of the most influential classical writers of ayurveda. Several works are associated with his entitle as author, principally the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha (अष्टाङ्गसंग्रह) and the Ashtāngahridayasaṃhitā (अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता).

Several works are associated with his name as author, principally the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha (अष्टाङ्गसंग्रह) and the Ashtāngahridayasaṃhitā (अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता). The best current research, however, argues in detail that these two works cannot be the product of a single author.

Indeed, the whole question of the relationship of these two works, and their authorship, is very difficult and still far from solution.[1]:&#;&#; Both works make frequent reference to the earlier classical works, the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita.[1]:&#;–&#; Vāgbhaṭa is said, in the closing verses of the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha to have been the son of Simhagupta and pupil of Avalokita.

His works note worship of cattle and Brahmanas and various Hindu gods and goddesses, he also begins with a note on how Ayurveda evolved from Brahma and Sarasvati. His work contains syncretic elements.

A frequently quoted erroneous proposal is that Vāgbhaṭa was an ethnic Kashmiri,[2] based on a mistaken reading of the obeying note by the German Indologist Claus Vogel: Judging by the fact that he expressly defines Andhra and Dravida as the names of two southern kingdoms and repeatedly mentions Kashmirian terms for particular plants, he is likely to have been a Northern Indian Subcontinental man and a native of Kashmira.[3] Vogel is speaking here not of Vāgbhaṭa, but of the commentator Indu.

In ancient India Maharishi Vagbhata, the physician was noted as the author of the Astangasangraha also known as Astanga Hrdaya which was known for the best researchers. Considered as one of the most key guides in Ayurvedic medicine a Scientist, Writer, and Doctor. At the bank of the river, Indus Vagbhata was born adjacent a district and was a brahmin as Sinhgupta his father was a Vedic Brahmin. For a long time Buddhism influenced him as in his childhood he was taught by a Buddhist teacher Avalokita.

Vāgbhaṭa was a disciple of Charaka. Both of his books were originally written in Sanskrit with sutras.

Sushruta, "Father of Surgery" and "Father of Plastic Surgery", Charaka, a medical genius, and Vāgbhaṭa are considered to be "The Trinity" of Ayurvedic knowledge, with Vāgbhaṭa coming after the other two.[4] According to some scholars, Vāgbhaṭa lived in Sindhu around the sixth century CE.

Not much is known about him personally, except that he was most likely to have been a Vedic doctor, as he mentions Hindu deities in his writings, and his children, grandchildren, and disciples were all Vedic Hindus. It is also believed that he was taught Ayurvedic medicine by his father and a Veda monk named Avalokita.

Legacy of Vagbhata: Valiathan, M.S.: 9788173716683: Amazon ...: Vāgbhaṭa (वाग्भट) was one of the most influential writers of Ayurveda. Several works are associated with his name as author, principally the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha (अष्टाङ्गसंग्रह) and the Ashtāngahridayasaṃhitā (अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता). The best current analyze, however, argues in detail that these two works cannot be the product of a available author.

Classics of Ayurveda

The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Ah, "Heart of Medicine") is written in poetic language. The Aṣṭāṅgasaṅgraha (As, "Compendium of Medicine") is a longer and less concise work, containing many parallel passages and extensive passages in prose.

The Ah is written in Sanskrit verses that deliver an account of Ayurvedic awareness. Ashtanga in Sanskrit means ‘eight components’ and refers to the eight sections of Ayurveda: internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology and paediatrics, rejuvenation therapy, aphrodisiac therapy, toxicology, and psychiatry or spiritual healing, and ENT (ear, nose and throat).

Vagbhata has 12 books on Goodreads with ratings. Vagbhata’s most popular book is Astanga Hrdaya of Vagbhata: The Manual of Eight Branches of Ayurveda.

There are sections on longevity, personal hygiene, the causes of illness, the influence of season and time on the human organism, types and classifications of medicine, the significance of the sense of taste, pregnancy and possible complications during birth, Prakriti, individual constitutions and various aids for establishing a prognosis.

There is also detailed information on Five-actions therapies (Skt. pañcakarma) including therapeutically induced vomiting, the employ of laxatives, enemas, complications that might occur during such therapies and the necessary medications.

The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā is perhaps Ayurveda’s greatest classic, and copies of the work in libraries across India and the world outnumber any other medical work.

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The Aṣṭāṅgasaṅgraha, by contrast, is poorly represented in the manuscript record, with only a few, fragmentary manuscripts having survived to the twenty-first century, suggesting it was not widely read in pre-modern times. However, the As has approach to new prominence since the twentieth century by its inclusion in the curriculum for ayurvedic college education in India.

The Ah is the central operate of authority for ayurvedic practitioners in Kerala.

Translations

The Ah has been translated into many languages, including Tibetan, Arabic, Persian and several modern Indian and European languages.[1]:&#;&#; Selected passages of the Ah translated into English contain been published in the Penguin Classics series.[5]

Other attributed works

Numerous other medical works are attributed to Vāgbhaṭa, but it is almost certain that none of them are by the author of the Ah[citation needed].

  • the Rasaratnasamuccaya, an iatrochemical work, is credited to Vāgbhaṭa, though this must be a much later writer with the same name[citation needed].
  • an auto-commentary on the Ah, called Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayavaiḍūryakabhāṣya
  • two more commentaries, called Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayadīpikā and
  • Hṛdayaṭippaṇa
  • the Aṣṭāṅganighaṇṭu
  • the Aṣṭāṅgasāra
  • the Aṣṭāṅgāvatāra
  • a Bhāvaprakāśa
  • the Dvādaśārthanirūpaṇa
  • A Kālajñāna
  • the Padhārthacandrikā
  • the Śāstradarpaṇa
  • a Śataślokī
  • a Vāgbhaṭa
  • the Vāgbhaṭīya
  • the Vāhaṭanighaṇṭu
  • a Vamanakalpa
  • A Vāhaṭa is credited with a Rasamūlikānighaṇṭu
  • A Vāhaḍa with a Sannipātanidānacikitsā[1]:&#;&#;

References

  1. ^ abcdMeulenbeld, G.

    Jan (–). History of Indian Medical Literature. Vol.&#;IA.

    His identity and period are controversial but a major section of the scholarly community believes that he was a native of Sindh, who lived in the sixth century and write Astangahrdayam and Astangasngraha. The two texts frankly acknowledge the authority of Samhitas of Caraka and Susruta and closely follow in the footsteps of the earlier masters. The Legacy of Vagbhata is based on a study of Astangahrdayam and employs a thematic approach with the plentiful exploit of tables. As in the earlier volumes on Caraka and Susruta, great care has been taken in this volume on Vagbhata to maintain fidelity to the original text while ensuring easy readability for the students of Ayurveda, medicine and the sciences.

    Groningen: Egbert Forsten.

  2. ^Anna Akasoy & co., Islam and Tibet: Interactions Along the Musk Routes, Ashgate Publishing Limited (), p
  3. ^Claus Vogel, Vāgbhaṭa Ashtāngahridayasamhitā. The First Five Chapters of Its Tibetan Version, Franz Steiner (), p
  4. ^Hoernle, Rudolf; Hoernle, August F.

    (). Studies In The Medicine Of Ancient India&#;: Osteology Or The Bones Of The Human Body. Concept Publishing Company. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

  5. ^Wujastyk, Dominik (). The Roots of Ayurveda.

    The best current study, however, argues in detail that these two works cannot be the product of a unattached author. Indeed, the whole interrogate of the relationship of these two works, and their authorship, is very difficult and still far from solution. His works mention worship of cattle and Brahmanas and various Hindu gods and goddesses, he also begins with a note on how Ayurveda evolved from Brahma and Sarasvati. His work contains syncretic elements.

    London etc.: Penguin. ISBN&#;.

Literature

  • Rajiv Dixit, Swadeshi Chikitsa (Part 1, 2, 3).
  • Luise Hilgenberg, Willibald Kirfel: Vāgbhaṭa’s Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā - ein altindisches Lehrbuch der Heilkunde.

    Leiden (aus dem Sanskrit ins Deutsche übertragen mit Einleitung, Anmerkungen und Indices)

  • Claus Vogel: Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā: the First Five Chapters of its Tibetan Version Edited and Rendered into English along with the First Sanskrit; Accompanied by Literary Introduction and a Running Commentary on the Tibetan Translating-technique (Wiesbaden: Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft—Franz Steiner Gmbh, ).
  • G.

    Jan Meulenbeld: A History of Indian Medical Literature (Groningen: E. Forsten, –), IA parts 3, 4 and 5.

  • Dominik Wujastyk: The Roots of Ayurveda. Penguin Books, , ISBN&#;
  • Dominik Wujastyk: "Ravigupta and Vāgbhaṭa". Bulletin of the Educational facility of Oriental and African Studies 48 ():

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