Lakshmana Pandita was the
author
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of ''Vaidyarajavallabha'' (also known as Vaidyavallabha), a
Sanskrit
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book on
Ayurveda
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written during the
Vijayanagara Empire
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in the 15th Century. He was a Paramacharya of King Bukka II.
His other popular work is ''YogaCandrika'', a treatise on Ayurvedic medicine.
[YogaCandrika]
Notes
References
* Durga Prasad, History of Andhras, Guntur, 1988, page no - 270.
Writers from Karnataka
Ayurvedacharyas
Indian medical writers
15th-century Indian writers
People of the Vijayanagara Empire
Scholars of Vijayanagara Empire
External links
List of Ayurvedic Indian booksHindi translation of Lakshmana Pandita's work{{India-writer-stub