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Ayurveda Scholars
Bharadwaj This great man was the first
person to learn Ayurveda herb science from Indra and consequently
passed it on to all of mankind.
When diseases came into existence, Rishis sent Bharadwaj
to study Ayurveda remedies from Indra at the Ashrama at Proyag.
Saints during that period lived a long life but nonetheless,
Bharadwaj succeeded in living much longer.
Atreya Atreya, direct son of Devarshi Atri,
divine son of Brahma. The name itself represents different
meanings but the main description referred to here means only
the father-son legacy.
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Agnivesh Agnivesh was one of Atreya's disciples
that wrote the Agnivesh – Tantra another part of the Ayurveda
medicine studies.
Charaka The first man to refine and interpret
the Agnivesha, which he also enriched with his annotations. His
contributions were so great that in some places he was regarded
as the original author of this herbal remedies inscription. Charaka
enlarged the original Agnivesha-tantra (in brief Sutra) with his
annotations (Bhashya).
Thus Charaka was the Bhasyakara of Agnivesa's work as
was Patanjali for the Astadhyayi of Panini. That is why no
wonder that Charaka has been identified as Patanjali, the
author of Yogasutra and Mahabhasya.
Was Charaka an individual or a traditional group?
Some scholars' opinion is that Charaka was one of the branches
of black Yajurveda (another form of Ayurveda health branches)
and that the persons following this branch formed a sect known
as Charaka.
Though it might perhaps be that Charaka, the annotator of
the Charaka Sanita, was a single person belonging to that
sect.
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Drudhabala Drudhabala is the son of Kapilabala
and resident of Pancanadapura that was also responsible for the
compiling of chapters in Chikisitaasthana and entire sections of
Kalpa and Siddhi. Gave his attributes during the Gupta era around
4 A.D.
Bhaav Mishra
The last novel of Laghutrai was written by Bhaav Mishra, son of Latkan Mishra. Brahmin by cast, he introduced new thoughts and dravyas to natural herbal medicine's world.
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