[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c7.142 # Hindu Medicine c7.142 Hindu Medicine c7.142 - **Language:** English ### [c7.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.142) Then, Dhanvantari taught them the sacred knowledge of longevity which forms part of the fourth Veda, the Atharva-Veda, as it was laid down by Brahmā, the Self-born God, before he brought forth the universe and all creatures. His teaching was contained in a thousand lessons and a hundred thousand double verses. Brahmā, after having created this wisdom, bethought himself of the brief span of man’s life and of the limitations of the human mind; whereupon he epitomized it in eight books. - [Previous: c7.141](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.141) - [Next: c7.143](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.143) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.142](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.142) · Pramāṇa