A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s17.17
A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s17.17
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v1.c26.s17.17
Bṛhaspati is regarded as the author of a treatise on toxicology (agadatanṭra) 24 or as a specialist in kaumārabhṛtya. 25 He is already associated with medicine in the Ṛgveda 26 and Atharvaveda. 27 The medical skill of Bṛhaspati is also referred to in the Rāmāyaṇa. 28 The Mahābhārata 29 describes him as being ignorant of the mṛtasaṃjīvinī vidyā. 30
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- Mahābhārata — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- Ṛgvedasaṃhitā — Sanskrit
- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit
- Vālmīkirāmāyaṇa — Vālmīki, Sanskrit