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082			_a 615.53 SHA-C
100			_aRam Karan Sharma
245			_aAgniveśa's Caraka saṃhita : text with English translation & critical exposition based on Cakrapāṇi Datta's Āyurveda dīpikā
260			_bChowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, Varanasi _c2015
300			_a XIV, 597p.
520			_aThe Caraka Samhita stands at the top of the ancient texts representing the School of Medicine in Ayurveda founded by the great Scholar-Sage Punarvase Atreya. Its value is further enhanced by the fact that it is the only text available in complete form where-as other contemporary Samhitas such as of Jatukarna, Parasara etc. Perished, that of Bhela is incomplete and that of Harita is dragged into controversy. Thus any scholar desirous to know about the fundamentals of Ayurveda and its approach to life, health and disease has essentially to take resort to the study of this text unique in depth and divergence. It is rightly said "whatever is not here can't be found anywhere else". Historically too, it is quite interesting, Like an archaeological edifice. If it is dug into one would come across three distinct strate of authorship ascribed to Agnivesa, Caraka and Dradhabala in successive order.
650			_aMedicine, Ayurvedic
700			_aVaidya Bhagwan Dash
942			_cBK