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                   The Agnivesha was the disciple of Guru Atreya as apparent in the Caraka samhita. Thus, Agnivesha and Atreya must be at the same time of history. He has been mentioned as the most talented disciple of Guru Atreya and wrote Agnivesha tantra (knowledge book of Ayurveda). As per Caraka samhita itself is wriiten by Agnivesha and completed by Caraka and later by Drudbala. Period of Agnivesha : As Agnivesha was the disciple of Atreya , the period of former must be about 1000 BC. This time period can be ascertained by the direct references which are- 1. Panini (Rishi/ sage) mentioned about Takshila and Agnivesha in his text where the time period of Panini is 700 BC. Thus Agnivesha should be prior to the Panini.  2. The Charaka samhita mentions the days in form of tithi (ekadashi, dwadashi, trayodashi etc.) and not by the name of the days (monday/ somvaar and ravivaar/ sunday etc.). This format is 3000 years old in that time only people uses this  kind of pattern i.e. 1000 BC

                      The Rishi (sage) Atreya is mentioned as Atreya Punarvasu, Krishnatreya and Chandrabhagi (because of her mother's name i.e. Chandrabhaga). He is the descendant of Atri (one among the Saptarishi or the seven sages) and the disciple of the sage Bhardwaja. He was the guru of six disciples namely Agnivesha, Bhela, Jatukarna, Parashara, Harita and Ksharapani which are renowned for their particular samhita (compendium).  Bhela proposes that Atreya hailed from the Gandhara region which is Kandhar (Afganisthan) in present days. He also adds that Atreya was contemporary to the Rajarsi Nagnajit of Gandhara. Nagnajit has been quoted to Satapatha brahamana (part of Yajurveda) which was written in about 3000 BC (Sahnkar Bal Krishan Dixit). Modern historian suggest that Satapatha brahamana was written around 800 BC.   The Mahabharata (Sanskrit epic of Ancient India) mentioned about the Krishnatreya as a physician, which means the that Atreya was prior to the origin of Mahabh

                   The World Health Oragnisation, WHO was created on February 7th 1948 by United Nations for International public health. Its main objective is to provide highest possible level of health to the people. It seeks and includes: working worldwide for health promotion, world safety and serving the vulnerable. In recents few years WHO come to know about the Traditional medicine or Complementary and Alternative Medicine (TM/CAM). Soon they realise there importance of the systems of traditional medicine of various countries reflects in the Alma Ata declaration of 1978. The mission of 'health for all' cannot be achieved without the active participation of the traditional and alternative system of medicine of that respective country. So they formed policies to promopte the TM/CAM of a country to be in the mainsteam helathcare system of that particular country. It was all started from 2002-2005 objective to integarate TM into there own health systems. In 2003, a global su

                                                       Every  science has few basic and fundamental concepts which helps in the building the science or act as the pillar of that. In same manner Ayurveda has some basic principles on which Ayurveda nestles from ages are as follow : 1. The Triguna theory: It is about the three fundamental univesal energy viz - Satva, Rajas and Tamas. Sometimes they are also called as the Manasika dosha (contaminants of mind). They are also known as Maha gunas (great qualities), among these three Rajas and Tamas are also symbolised as manasika dosha whereas only Satva refered as manasika guna. 2. The Pancha mahabhutas theory: It is about the five basic elements of universe, or these are the base of cosmic creation. Everything is made up of these five elements from living to non living in this cosmos. These are Akash (space), Vayu (air), Agni (fire), Jala (water) and Prithavi (earth). As per Ayurveda everything is made out of these five elements even a huma

                          Ayurveda the science of life has multifarious branches and arms. But in the main scriptures (Caraka samhita, Susruta samhita & Astanga hrudya) itself it has 8 branches which are accepeted everywhere in Ayurveda world. These eight branches are sumed up as Astanga Ayurveda. 1. Kaya : It is the first branch which deals with the general body, Agni( digestive fire) of the person & moreover with the physical body. The word kaya refers to the baove given words and the full term coined as Kaya chikitsa (here chikitsa is treatment). It is the biggest branch of Ayurveda which include all the general sub branches including Panchakrma in it. Many of the scholars count Panchakarma aa different branch. In the modern correlation it the branch of Medicine. 2. Kumarbhritaya : It is branch which deals with the treament of children i.e. Kaumara in sanskrit. It is also known as Bala chikitsa (here bala is tern for teenager and chikitsa refers to treatment). It contains

                                   Ayurveda is the science of life which is originated from the mukha (mouth) of Lord Brahma or some text also said that it is memorised by Brahma which further propagated to the mankind. So as per that technically the father of Ayurveda is Lord Brahma (the creator of universe).  First of all Lord Brahma teaches this knowledge to Daksha Prajapati (lord of creatures)..........which further passes to Ashvini kumaras (twin God of medicine/ doctors of Gods)...........then it passes to Indra (king of Gods).......after that he teaches it to Rishi Bhardwaja (enlightened person, who went to Indraloka in search of Ayurveda).........lastly he teaches this to Atreya Punarvasu. Atreya Punarvasu (one of the elightened person who first get the knowledge from Rishi Bhardwaja) come to earth and propagate the Ayurveda with the help of its 6 students named as Agnivesha, Bhela, Jatukarna, Ksharapani, Harita & Parashara. They each wrote their own Samhita (compendium)

                                               Ayurveda is Shasvata (endless), it never get out of the world. It is not the science which could be outdated because of its nature. As from Charaka samhita (reknowned literature regarding Ayurveda) its origin is from the mouth of Brahma (God of creation of life), which passes to other Deities than to other Rishi (enlighntened person) through which it finally comes to the bhu loka (earth). Even that lord Brahma teaches the concept of Ayuveda through words only and other got the same information in that form of words only i.e. guru shishya parampara (teacher student manner).  Hence it is not the science which needs experiments, investigations and examination to prove its worth. This is the science which is blend to human race in all the dimensions possible. Ayurveda is not a science to treat the disease or to cure to ailment it the science of life. It teaches a human how to behave or live in a lifetime. It helps to understand one'

                                                             Today's world is very much uncertain about the causative factors of illness. In search of that Medical science invest million of dollars, but still unable to get a particular answer about the same. Because the approach towards that is improper. Or we can understand that the approach is not multi dimensional. As diseases are immeasurable which also got increased day by day so the objectives are also innumefrable. But In Ayurveda its not the same they have very superior approach regarding different aspect of life. One among them is about the causative factors of the disease. Charaka samhita is very celebrated scripture of Ayurveda or it is the most accepted literature of Ayurveda in today's generation. As per that there are three causative factor of Disease.  1 . Asatmayartha indriyartha samyoga : This is a sanskrit term which means when a person indulge in excessive, less and improperly usage of their senses ( 5 karm

                               Panchakrma is very pouplar term among the people who are seeking the Ayurvedic treatment or willing for holistic health. But moreover they really don't know the real understanding of that. As the word Panchakrma is an sanskrit term; where every word has its particular meaning and made up from a proper unions of word to give a true meaning.  So the word Panchakrma comprises of two word i.e. Pancha + Karma. The Pancha refers to the numerical 5 and Karma refers to the action. Her the Pancha denotes the five division, class and types etc. but the Karma means the action or procedure done to the person to make him/her healthy. Panchakrma so wide in all the dimensions like treatment, area of action, therapeutic action, nature and mode of action etc. but constricted only into 5 types based on there qualities (gunas) and their route.  1. Vamana karma: In this the person is admistered with a high amount of food article or medicament which finally leads to induc

  There are four Vedas known to Hindusism, which concerned with different knowledge or known for their specialised informations regarding their subjects. They are also known as the oldest document or scripture mainly written by Acharya Veda Vyasa. Even that some of the scholars considers it as unhuman work which says that the Vedas are self generated scriptures. These are 4 in numbers i.e. Riga veda, Yajurveda, Samaveda & Atharvaveda. 1. Riga veda : It is the oldest among the other vedas, comprises of 1057 mantras which mainly informed about the deities descriptions and their prayer rituals. (Dhanurveda is the Upaveda) 2. Yajurveda : It is divoided into 2 parts of Krishna Yajurveda & Shukla Yajurveda, which collectively consist of 1975 mantras about the Kriya & yajnas. (Sthapatyaveda is the Upaveda) 3. Samaveda : It formed from 1875 mantras and it deals with the knowledge of Gana (melodies) fundamentally for the upasanas of God. (Gandharvaveda is the Upaveda) 4. Atharvaveda

 It is very popular in Ayurveda culture or in the field of Ayurveda i.e. Ayurveda is Shasvata (immortal). The real meaning of being Shasvata is endless that which never dies. We can understand this concept of endlessness with the story of "shiva" origin.  It is one of the story which is about the origin of Shiva, in Shiva Purana (collection of many compendium over shiva). In that once both Brahma & Vishnu heard a continuous sound of Omkar in the cosmos. They reached near the sound which is in the form of a stream. They asked about its origin and start searching about the same, at the end they both got disappointed for not finding its origin. So that shows the endless form of Shiva (something which has no any starting or end point). At that time Shiva told himself superior to other two Gods (Brahma and Vishnu) and he also mentioned himself as the origin without any shape or shapeless. The time of origin is celebrated as the shivaratri in the whole World especially in India

                                                                                       One among the ancient science know to the mankind. Origin is particularly unkown, and basically from the Veda (the oldest text known to humans). It is highly scientific and fully practical based on its principles. Because in todays scenario people are unaware of the basic doctrine of Ayurveda, so they called it as Pseudoscience. Which finally creates so many myths about it, like its meaning, origin, area of action, scientific nature, therapeutic uses, connectivity to other sciences, mode of action and branches etc. list is so long.  Here I will make a small step and I try to ease your knowledge regarding the great science of Ayurveda; It is the oldest therapeutic science or easily we can call it as science of life. Because it will not only tells about the cure of the disease but basically it tells about the life. Charka samhit (the text of Ayurveda) starts with the explanation of Ayu (life), like why