pañcakarma) including therapeutically induced vomiting, the use of laxatives, enemas, complications that might occur during such therapies and the necessary medications. There is also detailed information on Five-actions therapies (Skt. There are sections on longevity, personal hygiene, the causes of illness, the influence of season and time on the human organism, types and classifications of medicine, the significance of the sense of taste, pregnancy and possible complications during birth, Prakriti, individual constitutions and various aids for establishing a prognosis. Ashtanga in Sanskrit means ‘eight components’ and refers to the eight sections of Ayurveda: internal medicine, surgery, gynaecology and paediatrics, rejuvenation therapy, aphrodisiac therapy, toxicology, and psychiatry or spiritual healing, and ENT (ear, nose and throat). The Ah is written in 7120 easily understood Sanskrit verses that present a coherent account of Ayurvedic knowledge. The Aṣṭāṅgasaṅgraha (As, 'Compendium of Medicine') is a longer and less concise work, containing many parallel passages and extensive passages in prose. The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Ah, 'Heart of Medicine') is written in poetic language. He was a vedic, as is shown by his explicit praise for the Shiva by name at the start of the Ashtāngasangraha, and his praise of the Shiva under the title 'Unprecedented Teacher' in the opening verse of the Ashtānga hridayasamhitā. : 391–593 Vāgbhata is said, in the closing verses of the Ashtānga sangraha, to have lived in Sind (today in Pakistan), and to have been the son of Simhagupta and pupil of Avalokita.

: 645 Both works make frequent reference to the earlier classical works, the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita. Indeed, the whole question of the relationship of these two works, and their authorship, is very difficult and still far from solution. The best current research, however, argues in detail that these two works cannot be the product of a single author. Several works are associated with his name as author, principally the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha (अष्टाङ्गसंग्रह) and the Ashtāngahridayasaṃhitā (अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता).

Vāgbhata (वाग्भट) is one of the most influential classical writers of ayurveda.

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