Authors :
C.L. Avadhani
Volume/Issue :
Volume 8 - 2023, Issue 6 - June
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DOI :
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8162240
Abstract :
Physical and mental ingredients of Positive
Health were genuine concern of people in Vedic Period –
It means the World should be free from diseases and
should have healthy mind (Yajurveda). The main source
of knowledge with respect to Indian Medical Systems
that are being developed by the great luminaries like
Maharshi Agnivesya, Acharya Sushruta, Acharya
Charaka, Bhagavan Dhanvantari are from, Rig, Sama,
Yajusa, Atharva Vedas. The Ancient Indian Medical
System developed & invented procedures and
instruments to root out diseases/ailments from the
suffering. They also believed that in addition to
procedure and medicines, “hymns and prayers” are
necessary to ward of the diseases and to protect people
from diseases and natural disasters. In achieving this,
heavenly task, the Maharshis and Acharyas in their
respective lifetime, devoted their life and energy to the
development of Indian Medical System and Surgery
(Chikitsa) that was acclaimed as the most reverent
innovations to save the mankind from diseases and
disasters. These Maharshis and Acharyas derived the
knowledge not only from, “Atharvanaveda but also from
Brahmana literature” in identifying the basic elements of
the body (Dhatus), the visible or the external parts of the
body i.e. Head, ear, nose, mouth etc., and also the unseen
internal parts like heart, lung, spleen, kidney or artery,
liver, foetus. It is not surprising to mention that in that
Golden Era, the Maharshis and Acharyas are able to
identify the foetus and also the inner membrane of the
embryo. In Vedic Period, the Maharshis and Acharyas
who themselves are acclimatized with health and
healthcare procedures are able to identify the medicinal
plants like Aswangandha, Khadira, Apamarga,
Udumbura, Vibhitika, Bhilva etc. Sushruta Samhita the
treatise written by Acharya Sushruta and Upanishada
are also source of information about the different parts
of the body that are visible and invisible, the
ailments/diseases, the causes thereon procedures to treat
them and food habits that are to be followed in
accordance with the treatment. In this article, an
attempt is made to trace out the “Glimpses of Indian
Medical System” that flourished in Ancient India
specifically in Vedic Period and subsequently and also to
bring out those procedures and applications and the
Rasayana Sastra that are became the foundation for the
present Medical System.
Keywords :
Upaveda of Atharvaveda, Mantra Chikitsa in Modern Period, Skin Related Health Diseases as Mentioned in Rig Veda Samhita, Yakshma (Infectious Disease), Stem Cell Therapy, Genetic Engineering.
Physical and mental ingredients of Positive
Health were genuine concern of people in Vedic Period –
It means the World should be free from diseases and
should have healthy mind (Yajurveda). The main source
of knowledge with respect to Indian Medical Systems
that are being developed by the great luminaries like
Maharshi Agnivesya, Acharya Sushruta, Acharya
Charaka, Bhagavan Dhanvantari are from, Rig, Sama,
Yajusa, Atharva Vedas. The Ancient Indian Medical
System developed & invented procedures and
instruments to root out diseases/ailments from the
suffering. They also believed that in addition to
procedure and medicines, “hymns and prayers” are
necessary to ward of the diseases and to protect people
from diseases and natural disasters. In achieving this,
heavenly task, the Maharshis and Acharyas in their
respective lifetime, devoted their life and energy to the
development of Indian Medical System and Surgery
(Chikitsa) that was acclaimed as the most reverent
innovations to save the mankind from diseases and
disasters. These Maharshis and Acharyas derived the
knowledge not only from, “Atharvanaveda but also from
Brahmana literature” in identifying the basic elements of
the body (Dhatus), the visible or the external parts of the
body i.e. Head, ear, nose, mouth etc., and also the unseen
internal parts like heart, lung, spleen, kidney or artery,
liver, foetus. It is not surprising to mention that in that
Golden Era, the Maharshis and Acharyas are able to
identify the foetus and also the inner membrane of the
embryo. In Vedic Period, the Maharshis and Acharyas
who themselves are acclimatized with health and
healthcare procedures are able to identify the medicinal
plants like Aswangandha, Khadira, Apamarga,
Udumbura, Vibhitika, Bhilva etc. Sushruta Samhita the
treatise written by Acharya Sushruta and Upanishada
are also source of information about the different parts
of the body that are visible and invisible, the
ailments/diseases, the causes thereon procedures to treat
them and food habits that are to be followed in
accordance with the treatment. In this article, an
attempt is made to trace out the “Glimpses of Indian
Medical System” that flourished in Ancient India
specifically in Vedic Period and subsequently and also to
bring out those procedures and applications and the
Rasayana Sastra that are became the foundation for the
present Medical System.
Keywords :
Upaveda of Atharvaveda, Mantra Chikitsa in Modern Period, Skin Related Health Diseases as Mentioned in Rig Veda Samhita, Yakshma (Infectious Disease), Stem Cell Therapy, Genetic Engineering.
