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Ayurveda and Shiva: The Great God (Mahadeva)

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             Shiva is the most celebrated God in Hindusinm and is called as "Mahadeva" as he is the 'God of all other Gods' or 'The great God'. This Sanskrit term 'Shiva' means 'The auspicious one' and also 'which is not'. He comes under the "Trimurti" or "Trideva" both meant fot 'The three Gods' or ' God's Trinity' which includes the 'Brahma' i.e. 'The creator' of the Universe/ cosmos, 'Vishnu' i.e. 'The preserver' of the Universe/cosmos and Siva as "The destroyer".  Shiva In Hiduism it very popular and most loveable God best known for its gentle sight which helps the devotee to connect him in the easiest way possible. At the same time he is mentioned as "Bhola" beacuse of his simple heart. Shiva is married to the "Parvati" the supreme power of the Universe sometimes also called as 'Shakti'. Shiva is 'Ajanma' which does...

Father of Ayurveda

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                                   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...