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                 Charaka Samhita is the compendium which is written by sage  Charaka  himself. Moreover it is said as Charaka is the redactor or responder of 'Ag nivesha Tantra'. As per mine concept he is the compositor of 'Charaka Samhita' because it is very common in India to rewrite or reform a scripture/ book/ tantra/ samhita/ compendium in a new format/way with an inspiration of present scriptures. As both Samhita and Tantra should be written in a different ways.   Charaka Samhita "महर्षिणा पुनर्वसुनोपदिष्टा, तच्छिष्येणाग्निवेशेन प्रणीता, चरकदृढबलाभ्यां प्रतिसंस्कृता"  it is very popular for Charaka Samhita that means, 'Mahrishi  Punarvasu ' the guide, who told everything to his student i.e. ' Agnivesha ' i.e. the main composer and 'Charaka' & 'Drudbala' are the responser. The Charaka we got today was not fully composed by Charaka, whereas 1/3 was missing and which is completed b...

                                   Charaka or Caraka is the most familiar name associated with the Ayurveda. one of the stalwarts of Ayurveda, who has redacted the Agnivesha Tantra (the book written by Agnivesha ) and made it to the Samhita form; today known as Charaka Samhita.  History From the time of  Vedas  there is a community of sages, who are of 'Yayavara koti' (nomadic type) as  mentioned by Yajurveda. Charaka is one among them, by which he moves from one place to another practicing and propagating the Ayurveda system. In Krushna Yajurveda (there are two types of Yajuveda i.e. Krushna and shukla) he is mentioned as the disciple of Vaisampayana (who is the commentator of Krushna Yajurveda). Bhavapraksha (one of the famous book of Ayurveda) mentioned him as an incarnation of the king of serpents i.e." lord Sesha". One more reference also suggested him a...

                   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 th...

                                   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, Bh...