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Rarebook

BAvaprakASa

 Introductory

S.NO :837 AMAR ID :AMAR/RB/837
ACCESSION NO. AT SOURCE :NIIMH-CDMM/RB893 PHYSICAL LOCATION :French Institute of Pondicherry, Pondicherry

 Technical

TITLE OF THE RARE BOOK :BAvaprakASa
AUTHOR OF THE BOOK :BAvamiSra TIME OF AUTHOR:INA
EDITED BY :जीवानन्दविद्यासागरभट्टाचार्य/jīvānandavidyāsāgarabhaṭṭācārya TRANSLATED BY :INA
COMMENTARY BY:INA NAME OF COMMENTARY :INA
FOREWORD BY :INA AYUSH SYSTEM :Ayurveda
SUBJECT :Dravyaguna/ chikitsa LANGUAGE :Sanskrit
SCRIPT:Devanagari PLACE & STATE :INA

 PUBLISHER

PUBLISHER DETAILS :Jīvānandavidyāsāgarabhaṭṭācārya, kalakatta YEAR OF PUBLICATION :1897
NO OF PAGES :1244
ABOUT THE BOOK :Bhava Prakasha is a famous well known Ayurvedic text. It is one among the Laghutrayi. Present book contains Purvakhanda, Madhyamakhanda and Uttarakhanda of Bhava Prakasha. First chapter deals with evolution of Universe and evolution of Ayurveda; Second chapter deals with various anatomical and physiological characters of human body parts, pregnant woman etc.. Third chapter deals with postpartum care and 4th chapter deals with daily regimen, seasonal regimen and other preventive and health promoting measures. Fifth chapter is Misrakaprakarana which describes many basic concepts of Ayurveda like about the physician, drug, properties of various drugs with different tastes, potency, post digestive effect etc. From sixth chapter onwards various groups of herbal mineral, animal drugs like Haritakyadivarga, Karpuradivarga etc are described. Various drugs in these groups are described along with their Rasa Guna, Viya, Vipaka, Dohik Action, indications etc. Madhyama has detailed descriptions of various diseases, their etiology, types, symptoms, prognosis, line of treatment, treatment with many herbal and herbomineral preparation etc. Each chapter deals with separate diseases. Uttarakhanda deals with Rasayan (rejuvenation) and Vajikarana (aphrodisiac) treatments and procedures.
ANY OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION :INA

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DIGITIZED BY :CCRAS-NIIMH DIGITIZATION DATE :INA