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History of Jivaka in Ayurvedic Nighantus (6th Century to 20th Century)

Mahesh Kumar Mainali, Ramita Maharjan, Prema N Mysore

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Indian Journal of Ancient Medicine and Yoga 16(4):p 185-188, October - December 2023. | DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijamy.0974.6986.16423.3

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Maharjan R, Mainali MK, Mysore PN. History of Jivaka in Ayurvedic Nighantus (6th Century to 20th Century). Indian J Ancient Yoga. 2023;16(4):185–188.

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Received : May 22, 2023         Accepted : June 30, 2023          Published : July 30, 2023

Abstract

Nighantus are important texts of Ayurveda that classifies and arranges various medicinal1 plants based on their morphology, usage, properties, effect etc. along with classification in various ganas/groups. These nighantus are of two types. One type of nighantu mentions the synonyms only for e.g. Saushruta nighantu, Astanganighantu and Paryayaratnamala whereas other type mentions synonyms as well as gunas, karmas as well that includes Dhanvantarinighantu, Bhavaprakash Nighantu, Raja Nighantu etc. Both of these type of Nighantus have included various plants among which jivaka is one of them. Its description can be found from Astanga nighantu (6th century) to Shaligram nighantu (20th century). This shows that Jivaka had been very important medicinal plant back then which has been extensively described in most of the nighantus. A total of 25 important nighantus were taken into consideration from 6th to 20th century for the current research.

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Maharjan R, Mainali MK, Mysore PN. History of Jivaka in Ayurvedic Nighantus (6th Century to 20th Century). Indian J Ancient Yoga. 2023;16(4):185–188.

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May 22, 2023 June 30, 2023 July 30, 2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21088/ijamy.0974.6986.16423.3

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