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Viswanatha Chikitsa
''Viswanatha chikitsa'' is a text written by physician Viswanatha Sen from West Bengal in India in 1921. This work reflects the popular Ayurvedic formulations of the author's practice. The text was originally published from Narendrapur of West Bengal in India. Until 2013, only few copies were available, published by Chaukhambha Orientalia. ''Viswanatha Chikitsa'' is among the list of books provided in the First Schedule of Drugs and Cosmetics Act 1940 in India. Authorship Several physicians named Viswanatha Sen are present in the history of ayurveda. The identity of the author becomes controversial since CCRAS (Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha) published a text ''Chikitsarnava'' in two parts by a different author also named Viswantha Sen, according to Mahesh Kumar C.S., the latest editor of ''Viswanatha Chikitsa''. The author of ''Chikitsarnava'' lived in West Bengal while the author of ''Viswanatha Chikitsa'' first lived in West Bengal and moved to Orissa to w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourth-most populous and thirteenth-largest state by area in India, as well as the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. As a part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The state capital is Kolkata, the third-largest metropolis, and seventh largest city by population in India. West Bengal includes the Darjeeling Himalayan hill region, the Ganges delta, the Rarh region, the coastal Sundarbans and the Bay of Bengal. The state's main ethnic group are the Bengalis, with the Bengali Hindus forming the demographic majority. The area's early history featured a succession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
