Vagabhata: The most followed Physician of Ayurveda
The very famous and highly followed Ayurveda treatise of "Astanga Samgraha" and "Astanga Hrudayam" are the work of Vagabhata 1 & vagabhata 2 respectively. Multiple Vagabhata As it is already mentioned about the Vagabhata 1 and Vagabhata 2 along with that there are two more Vagabhata associated to Ayurveda viz Rasa Vagabhata and Madhya Vagabhata. 'Rasa Vagabhata' (13th century) is concerned with science of Rasa shastra ( Ayurvedic science deals with processing of mineral medicaments) as he is the author of thr book 'Rasa Ratna Samuccaya'. Another one is the 'Madya Vagabhata' which is mentioned in the commentary of Ratnaprabha (commentary over the Brahma sutra i.e. written by Adi Sankracharya about the understanding of Upnishadas). Vagabhata 1 The 'Vruddha Vagabhata' is the author of Astanga Samgraha (the famous book in Ayurveda) also known as Vagabhata 1. He wa...