DRAVYAGUNAKOSAH: Dictionary of Ayurvedic terms relating to names, synonyms properties and actions of Medical Plants (Sanskrit-Hindi-English)
Book Details
Author(s)Priaya Vrat Sharma
PublisherChaukhambha Orientalia
ISBN / ASINB008RXR3LG
ISBN-13978B008RXR3L1
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
Description
Language: English
Pages: 337
From the Jacket
Medicinal plants have been matter of interest from time immemorial. Osadhi-sukta of the Rgveda is perhaps the earliest document of the knowledge about medicinal plants which culminated in Samhitas and Nighantus of Ayurveda. During this long period a large number of terms developed relating to names, synonyms, properties, actions and uses of medicinal plants which are found in Ayurvedic literature. They reflect the knowledge of the Ayurvedists about this miraculous green drapery of Nature, who identified each and every plant with specific names, described them by way of synonyms, defied their properties and actions and discovered their uses in various conditions of health and disease. Consequent to this continuous process extending for millenniums a sizeable number of terms accumulated which required a dictionary to interpret them correctly. Due to several Nighantus coming to light in recent years another fresh material was added to this wealth.
The present dictionary is a humble attempt to present the achievements of Ayurveda in the field of medicinal plants with interpretations so that scholars all over the world may share this ancient wisdom for the benefit of the living beings for the well being of which Ayurveda was evolved by the great seers.
About the Author
P.V. Sharma is well known for his valuable contributions in the field of Ayurveda. For the last five decades he has been writing on various aspects of Ayurveda-literary as well as scientific, conceptual as well as historical.
Born on 1st November 1920 in a small village Mustafapur near Patna in the family of traditional Vaidyas he obtained highest degrees in Ayurveda and Sanskrit from the Banaras Hindu University and
Pages: 337
From the Jacket
Medicinal plants have been matter of interest from time immemorial. Osadhi-sukta of the Rgveda is perhaps the earliest document of the knowledge about medicinal plants which culminated in Samhitas and Nighantus of Ayurveda. During this long period a large number of terms developed relating to names, synonyms, properties, actions and uses of medicinal plants which are found in Ayurvedic literature. They reflect the knowledge of the Ayurvedists about this miraculous green drapery of Nature, who identified each and every plant with specific names, described them by way of synonyms, defied their properties and actions and discovered their uses in various conditions of health and disease. Consequent to this continuous process extending for millenniums a sizeable number of terms accumulated which required a dictionary to interpret them correctly. Due to several Nighantus coming to light in recent years another fresh material was added to this wealth.
The present dictionary is a humble attempt to present the achievements of Ayurveda in the field of medicinal plants with interpretations so that scholars all over the world may share this ancient wisdom for the benefit of the living beings for the well being of which Ayurveda was evolved by the great seers.
About the Author
P.V. Sharma is well known for his valuable contributions in the field of Ayurveda. For the last five decades he has been writing on various aspects of Ayurveda-literary as well as scientific, conceptual as well as historical.
Born on 1st November 1920 in a small village Mustafapur near Patna in the family of traditional Vaidyas he obtained highest degrees in Ayurveda and Sanskrit from the Banaras Hindu University and
