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.