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Vagbhatta - The Unique Compiler of Ayurvedic Texts - Dr. B S Mehta |
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Before the beginning of the Golden Age of the Guptas there were many great ayurvedic scholars such as Atreya, Dhanvantari, Sushrutha, Charaka, Bhel, Parasher, Kashyapa, Jivaka, and Lord Buddha (who himself was a great physician). Each of them wrote a treatise. At the time there were three famous universities, Taxila, Kashi, and Nalanda, and these too produced a large number of physicians, each of whom had their individual views. |
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Obviously, an array of schools of thought and an equally eclectic range of textbooks confused the students. They needed the knowledge in a concise and coherent form, and that is what (AD 575–606) says, there were eight books (texts) of medicine and Vagbhatta summarized them in a single whole. |
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© "Housecalls" (March-April, 2003) published by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, Hyderabad 500 016. Reprinted with permission. |
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