The Atharva-Veda And The Ayur-Veda

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THE ATHARVA-VEDA AND THE AYUR-VEDA
By - Dr. V.W. Karambelkar

The Atharvaveda and the Ayurveda is a research work on the most ancient document of the Indo Aryans- the Atharva-veda. It gives for the first time:

History of Hindu Medicine of the Vedic Age;

A comprehensive survey of the Vedic Ayurveda;

Vedic treatment of ten diseases;

Exhaustive discussions of anatomy & other matters and materia medica of the Vedic times; and

Exegetical discussions wherein the medical charms of the Atharvaveda are explained in the light of the relevant passages from the Samhitas of Caraka, Susruta and Kasyapa.


CONTENTS

I. THE MEDICAL TRADITION : pp. 1-60
1. The tradition is without beginning
2. References to the Medical Tradition in the Veda.
3. Contribution by lower animals.
4. Contribution by gods. -Rigveda.
5. Material in Vedic literature.
6. Relation with the Atharva-Veda.
7. Brahma-Prajapati at the head of the Tradition.
8. Prajapati in the AV.
9. Indra in the AV.
10. Sun, Fire and others.
11. A resume.
12. The teachers of the Ayurveda.
13. Atharvan as physician.
14. The tradition is continuous. -Buddhism
15. Continuity in Jain scriptures.
16. Tradition summarized in Charaka and Susruta.
17. Three-fold Ayurveda.
18. Eight Divisions.
19. Salyatantra in the AV.
20. Salakyatantra in the AV.
21. Kayachikitsa in the AV.
22. Bhutavidyaa in the AV.
23. Kaumarabhrtya in the AV
24. Agada tantra in the AV.
25. Rasayanatantra in the AV.
26. Vajikarana in the AV.
27. Medical Tradition is the reflection of human want.
28. The Atharvan and the Kausika represent different sys