Vagbhata

Vgbhata () is one of the most influential classi-cal writers of ayurveda. Several works are associated withhis name as author, principally the Ashtgasagraha() and the Ashtngahridayasahit(). The best current research,however, argues in detail that these two works cannotbe the product of a single author. Indeed the wholequestion of the relationship of these two works, and theirauthorship, is very difficult and still far from solution.[1]Both works make frequent reference to the earlierclassical works, the Charaka Samhita and the SushrutaSamhita.[2] Vgbhata is said, in the closing verses ofthe Ashtnga sangraha, to have lived in Sind (today inPakistan), and to have been the son of Simhagupta andpupil of Avalokita. He was a Buddhist, as is shown by hisexplicit praise for the Buddha by name at the start of theAshtngasangraha, and his praise of the Buddha underthe title Unprecedented Teacher in the opening verseof the Ashtnga hridayasamhit. His work containssyncretic elements.As per modern scholarship he was an ethnic Kashmiri,[3]and for instance the German Indologist Claus Vogel said"...judging by the fact that he expressly defines Andhraand Dravida as the names of two southern peoples orkingdoms and repeatedly mentions Kashmirian terms forparticular plants, he is likely to have been a Northernerand a native of Kashmir...[4]

Vagbhata was a disciple of Charaka. Both of his bookswere originally written in Sanskrit with 7000 sutra. Ac-cording to Vagbhata, 85% of diseases can be cured with-out a doctor; only 15% of diseases require a doctor.Sushruta, one of the earliest surgeons, Charaka, a medicalgenius, and Vagbhata are considered to be The Trinityof Ayurvedic knowledge, with Vagbhata coming after theother two. According to some scholars, Vagbhata livedin Sindh around the sixth century. Not much is knownabout him personally, except that he was most likely tohave been a Buddhist, as he makes a reference to LordBuddha in his writings, and his sons, grandsons, and dis-ciples were all Buddhists. It is also believed that he wastaught Ayurvedic medicine by his father and a Buddhistmonk, named Avalokita.

1 Classics of Ayurveda

The Agahdayasahit (Ah, Heart of Medicine) iswritten in poetic language. The Agasagraha (As,

Compendium of Medicine) is a longer and less concisework, containing many parallel passages and extensivepassages in prose. The Ah is written in 7120 easily under-stood Sanskrit verses that present a coherent account ofAyurvedic knowledge. Ashtanga in Sanskrit means eightcomponents 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, noseand throat). There are sections on longevity, personal hy-giene, the causes of illness, the influence of season andtime on the human organism, types and classificationsof medicine, the significance of the sense of taste, preg-nancy and possible complications during birth, Prakriti,individual constitutions and various aids for establishinga prognosis. There is also detailed information on Five-actions therapies (Skt. pacakarma) including therapeu-tically induced vomiting, the use of laxatives, enemas,complications that might occur during such therapies andthe necessary medications. The Agahdayasahitis perhaps Ayurvedas greatest classic, and copies of thework in manuscript libraries across India and the worldoutnumber any other medical work. The Ah is the cen-tral work of authority for ayurvedic practitioners in Ker-ala. The Agasagraha, by contrast, is poorly repre-sented in the manuscript record, with only a few, frag-mentary manuscripts having survived to the twenty-firstcentury. Evidently it was not widely read in pre-moderntimes. However, the As has come to new prominencesince the twentieth century through being made part ofthe curriculum for ayurvedic college education in India.

2 Translations

The Ah has been translated into many languages, includ-ing Tibetan, Arabic, Persian and several modern Indianand European languages.[5] Selected passages of the Ahtranslated into English have been published in the Pen-guin Classics series.[6]

3 Other attributed works

Numerous other medical works are attributed to Vgb-haa, but it is almost certain that none of them are by theauthor of the AhCitation needed.

the Rasaratnasamuccaya, an iatrochemical work, is

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credited to Vgbhaa, though this must be a muchlater author with the same nameCitation Needed.

an auto-commentary on the Ah, called Agah-dayavairyakabhya

two more commentaries, called Agah-dayadpik and

Hdayaippaa

the Aganighau

the Agasra

the Agvatra

a Bhvapraka

the Dvdarthanirpaa

A Klajna

the Padhrthacandrik

the stradarpaa

a atalok

a Vgbhaa

the Vgbhaya

the Vhaanighau

a Vamanakalpa

A Vhaa is credited with a Rasamliknighau

A Vhaa with a Sanniptanidnacikits[7]

4 References

[1] Meulenbeld, G. Jan (19992002). History of Indian Med-ical Literature. Groningen: Egbert Forsten., vol.IA, p.645

[2] Ibid., vol. IA, pp.391-593

[3] Anna Akasoy & co., Islam and Tibet: Interactions AlongtheMusk Routes, Ashgate Publishing Limited (2011), p.76

[4] Claus Vogel, Vgbhata Ashtngahridayasamhit. TheFirst Five Chapters of Its Tibetan Version, Franz Steiner(1965), p.13

[5] Meulenbeld, op. cit., IA, 656.

[6] Wujastyk, Dominik (2003). The Roots of Ayurveda. Lon-don etc.: Penguin. ISBN 0-14-044824-1.

[7] Meulenbeld, G. Jan (19992002). History of Indian Med-ical Literature. Groningen: Egbert Forsten., vol.IA, p.597

5 Literature Rajiv Dixit, Swadeshi Chikitsa (Part 1, 2, 3).

Luise Hilgenberg, Willibald Kirfel: VgbhaasAgahdayasahit - ein altindisches Lehrbuchder Heilkunde. Leiden 1941 (aus dem Sanskrit insDeutsche bertragen mit Einleitung, Anmerkungenund Indices)

Claus Vogel: Vgbhaas Agahdayasahit:the First Five Chapters of its Tibetan Version Editedand Rendered into English along with the OriginalSanskrit; Accompanied by Literary Introduction anda Running Commentary on the Tibetan Translating-technique (Wiesbaden: Deutsche MorgenlndischeGesellschaftFranz Steiner Gmbh, 1965).

G. Jan Meulenbeld: A History of Indian MedicalLiterature (Groningen: E. Forsten, 19992002), IAparts 3, 4 and 5.

Dominik Wujastyk: The Roots of Ayurveda. Pen-guin Books, 2003, ISBN 0-14-044824-1

Dominik Wujastyk: Ravigupta and Vgbhaa.Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies48 (1985): 74-78.

6 External links Scanned text of the Agahdayasahit, fromthe sixth edition edited by Kunte and Navare (Bom-bay: Nirayasgara, 1939) Contains 2 Commen-taries. At archive.org

Swadeshi chikitsa

Machine-readable edition of the Agah-dayasahit

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