Kashyap Samhitā (Devanagari , also ''Kashyapa, Kasyap, Kasyapa''), also known as Vriddha Jivakiya Tantra is a treatise on

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attributed to the sage

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. The text is often named as one of the earliest treatises on Indian medicine, alongside works like the

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. It is dependent upon the works of the Ayuvedic practitioner

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.Kashyap Samhita - (English), K.R. Srikrishnamurthy
/ref> The ''Kashyap Samhita'' contains 200 chapters. * Sutra sthan, of 30 chapters * Nidan sthan, of 8 chapters * Vimana sthan, of 8 chapters * Shareer sthan, of 8 chapters * Indriya sthan, of 12 chapters, * Chikitsa sthan, of 30 chapters, * Siddhi sthan, of 12 chapters * Kalpa sthan, of 12 chapters * Khil Bhag, of 80 chapters.

References

Bibliography

* ''Kashyap-Samhita or Vriddha-JivakiyaTantra'' 1970. Trans IGM Shastri, Bombay Sastu Sahitya, 757. * ''Kashyap Samhita or Vridhajivakiya Tant''ra; text with English translation and commentary; edited by Prof. (km.) P. V. Tewari with Dr. Neeraj Kumar, Dr. R. D. Sharma and Dr. Abhimanyu Kumar * ''Kashyap Samhita'', Hindi translation with commentary edited by Nepal Raj Guru Pandita Hemaraja Sharma commentary by Shri Satyapal Bhishagacharya.

External links

* {{cite book, title = Kasyapa Samhita: Vriddha Jivakiya Tantra (Online Text), language=Sanskrit, year=1953, publisher=Gurukul Kangri, url = https://archive.org/details/kasyapasamhita014944mbp Ayurvedic texts Ancient Indian medical works