Kushtha (skin disorders) in vedic and other religious literatures - A review.
In view of the description of Medical citations; Vedic literature, Buddhist literature, Jain literature, Mahabharat, Ramayan etc. have also got significant importance. Like other diseases, the description regarding Kushtha (different skin disorders) is also available in all these treatises. These are akin to the description available in Ayurveda. From the above, it is apparent that description of different diseases mentioned in Ayurveda are also available in religious literatures.
Assistant Research Officer, C.R.I., Unit - I, Bhubaneshwar.
O P
OP
Singh
B
B
Das
M M
MM
Padhi
N S
NS
Tewari
D049690:History, Ancient; D049692:History, Early Modern 1451-1600; D049691:History, Medieval; D049711:History, Modern 1601-; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000266:history*