ABSTRACT
Siddhasāra nighanti, is authored by 'Bauddhācārya Ravigupta'. On the basis of various evidences, its period is considered as 7th century A.D. Actually Ravigupta has written 'Siddhasāra Samhita', the last part of which is known as "Siddhasāra Nighantu'. The second chapter of Siddhasāra Samhita is 'Dravyasamgrahaniya', where 33 Ganas out of 37 Ganas of Suśruta Samhita of 'Dravyasamgrahaniya", chapter have been mentioned. The Dravyas have been described in Paryāya śaily and with 96 Slokas.
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Books/history , Buddhism/history , History, Medieval , India , Medicine , Publishing/history , Religion and MedicineABSTRACT
The word 'Health' has enjoyed an enormous popularity with writers during the past quarter century. It was only during the second world war, the term 'social medicine' came into wider use. The concept of social medicine has given a new orientation of medicine to the changing needs of man and society. The vast majority of the population of the world still have no access to decent health care.