The work has as many as 120 chapters distributed through six sections. The originality of the Aștanga Hrdaya is in its crisp and to the point presentation of the theme. It has been justifyingly included among the Great Triad (Brhat Trayı) of the Ayurveda, thus ranking to the texts of Caraka and Suśruta.Īs repeatedly stressed upon by its author Vagbhața, this work consists of the core of the teaching and preaching contained in the texts of ancient Ayurvedic theorists including Agnivesa, Atreya, Caraka and Susruta, Bhela, and Harita. Ayurveda’, is a significant text on the subject.

The ‘Aștanga Hrdaya,' literally “the core of the Octopartite Sciences, i. At present, he is engaged in teaching history in BS College, Lohardaga under Ranchi University, Ranchi, India.

He has authored and edited a number of scholarly books on Ayurveda. He was invited as Visiting Scholar by Department of History of Medicine, Cambridge University, UK. on history of Ayurveda and related medicines from the prestigious Centre of Historical Studies, JNU, New Delhi. The treatise without doubt remained the most popular work on medicine across the world up to the Industrial Revolution. Sahl Rabban al Tabari, who authored Firdaws alHikma fi l-tibb around 850 AD named Ashtanga Hridaya as one of the major works on medicine. The international popularity of the work is also evident by the fact that the famous Persian physician Ali b. The work was also translated into Arabic and published with the name Astankar during the reign of Khalifa Harun-al-Rashid (786-808 AD). The Ashtanga Hridaya was translated into Tibetan under the name Rgud Bzi during 755-797 AD. Within 100 year of its appearance, this treatise appeared to have caught the notice and attention of the practitioners and theorists of Ayurveda throughout India, and even beyond. As a matter of fact, in terms of commentators, the Ashtanga Hridaya is richer even than the Charaka Text and Sushruta Text. In a short space of time, the work rose to great significance and as such a number of commentators laid their hands upon it.

The originality of the Ashtanga Hridaya is in its crisp and to the point presentation of the theme. This work consists of the basics of the teaching and preaching contained in the texts of ancient Ayurvedic theorists including Agnivesha, Atreya, Charaka and Sushruta, Bhela, and Harita. Ranked at par with the texts of Charaka and Sushruta, the work has traditionally been included among the Great Triad or Brihat Trayi of the Ayurveda. Ayurveda', is a significant text on the subject. The 'Ashtanga Hridaya', literally 'the core of the Octopartite Science, i. This is an audio clip of the content of one of the pages in the book. Your browser does not support this audio clip.

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