Health sciences in the ancient Indian texts with special reference to the Atharvaveda Saṁhitā
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Āyurveda, medicine, health, vedas, medical system, AtharvavedaAbstract
Health science is a subject of great importance not only in the present era but since ancient time. A quick recap towards the ancient Indian literature tells the same story. With growing importance of health science, it has become very essential to study the path it has taken to come into the shape as we know it today. The perception our ancestors had about the medical system and health should be known to us. Though Bṛhat Trayī is thought to be the original source of idea of medical system but in reality, the Atharvaveda Saṁhitā a treasury of knowledge of health science is yet to be explored and which is actually the primitive source in the field of health science. Through this paper a modest effort has been made to get a glimpse of the health system in ancient Indian society with special reference to Atharvaveda Saṁhitā.
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sarvaṁ vedāt prasidhyati- Manusmṛti,2.7
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āyuevedayati iti āyurvedaḥ - Caraka Saṁhitā, 30.23
hitāhitam sukham dukham āyutsasya Hitāhitam /
mānañca prauktañca āyueveda sa ucyate // - ibid.,1.41.
heturlingausadhajñānam swāsthāturparāyanam/
trisūtram śāśwatam puṇyam bubudhe yam pitāmahaḥ//- ibid.,1.24
Atharvaveda, iii.11, xix.44
ibid.,ii.31.5
ibid.,iii.32.2
ibid.,ii.23.9
ibid.,vi.83.I
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tṛtīyakaṁ vitṛtīyaṁ sadantimut śāradam/
takamānaṁ śitaṁ rūraṁ graiṣmaṁ nāśaya vārṣikam// - Atharvaved,.v.22.13
ibid., x.8.6; ix.34.10
ibid., vi.16.3; xi.230
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Ṛgveda.i.129.8
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Ibid.,13.7 and 46.215
ibid.,46.215
Atharvaveda, iv.17.6-8; iv.18.7, 8;iv.19.4; vii65.1;19
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