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A REVIEW ON SHARANGDHAR SAMHITA W.S.R. TO BHAISHAJYA KALPANA

*Vd. Pratik Satbadre, Vd. Sneha Kubde, Vd. Mukund Dive, Vd. Pallavi Jamnekar, Vd. Kishor Bodhakar and Vd. Swati Kamble

Abstract

In Ayurveda Bhaishajya Kalpana is a branch which is entirely devoted to drug formulations. Sharangdhara Samhitha is one of the important Ayurvedic literature related to the same. Since the drug manufacturing part is elaborately described in this, it is considered as an authentic text book of Bhaishajya Kalpana. It is one of the pioneering work included in Laghutrayee, the other two samhita's are Bhavaprakasha & Madhava nidana. Acharya Sharngdhara, who is son of Damodara considered as the author of this Samhita. He has not only furnished any information about himself or his other works, but also giving out his name as the author at the commencement of the text. Sharngadhara Samhita composed of 3 khandas in which 32 chapters and 2600 verses or shlokas are explained. This book is designed in a simple and easy language to serve as a handbook and thus it is very useful to the Scholars and Practitioners.

Keywords: Sharangdhar Samhita, Bhaishajya Kalpana, Laghutrayee.