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CONTRIBUTION OF YOGARATNAKAR IN KAUMARBHRITYA

Seema Indulkar* and Masaudaalam Mujawar

Abstract

Kaumarbhritya is one of the branch of Ashtang Ayurveda which deals with care of infant, children; their disease and management. Though Kashyap Samhita is considered main text of Kaumarbhritya but it is not available completely. So the Students, Scholars and Physician have to go to through other texts to gain the knowledge and get rid of their queries. Yogaratnakar is one of the classical works on Ayurvedic medicine, which is written at the end of the 17th century. Yogaratnakar has proposed his own new concepts in his text. This article aims at reviewing the knowledge about Kaumarbhritya available in Yogaratnakar. Yogaratnakar has mentioned about duties to the field of Kaumarbhritya in his Uttaradham. Yogaratnakar explained in Uttaradham part Balarogadhikar adhyay- diseases in paediatric, examination of patients, treatment of diseases in paediatric etc. The list of contribution of Yogaratnakar is never ending and attempt will be made to high light to contributions and knowledge of Kaumarbhritya available in Yogaratnakar.

Keywords: Kaumarbhritya, Kaumarbhritya in Yogaratnakar.