God Dhanvantarti , the vedic diety of healing and medicine.
Ayurveda & its history
As per Charak Samhita , when various sages got together to attend a meeting to discuss the declining health of mankind , all the sages were worried about the future of the human kind , then it was decided that one of the sages has to go and learn the knowledge of Ayurveda from the Gods , it is said that the knowledge of Ayurveda comes from the Creator Brahma to Prajapati to Ashwini kumars then Indra. Indra is the king of Devtas , then MahaRishi Bharadwaj , was appointed by the council of sages to go to heaven and learn Ayurveda from Indra himself. Its said that MahaRishi Bhardawaj was the first human to learn Ayurveda and bring this knowledge back to earth.
Ayurveda in sanskrit means Ayu+Veda , Ayu is life in sanskrit , veda is knowledge , so Ayurveda literally means the knowledge of life. For thousands of years this knowledge has been passed down through ages , eons of accumulated knowledge has been documented in various Ayurvedic texts , Major three Ayurvedic texts also known as Brihadtrayi ( the great three) are :
- Charak Samhita
- Sushruta Samhita
- Ashtang Sangraha
We will continue to learn about Ayurveda in coming days , till then stay happy and healthy, Om Shanti !