title: Ayurvĕda gleaned through Buddhism.
abstract: The Păli canon consists of three Pitakas (baskets), which replete the Buddhism and is known as Tripiţaka, viz, Vinaya, Sutta and Abhidhamma Piţakas. The original phase of Tripiţaka (Buddhisim started in 544 B.C. and lastly systematized up to 29 B.C. The Buddhist literature also possesses the esoteric material of Medical Science, which is practiced and conserved in India since centuries. It refers to the fundamentals of medicine, rules of good living, which lay considerable emphasis on the hygiene of body, mind. Internal Medicine, curative medicine including symptoms, methods of diagnosis, theories of causation, materia-medica, therapeutics and treatment and skills of Jivaka. Some famous and popular prescriptions are also dealt with.
authors.affiliation: Indian Institute of History of Medicine, Osmania Medical College Building, Putlibowli, Hyderabad - 500 095.
authors.forename: Ala
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Narayana
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Lavekar
mesh_terms: D002016:Buddhism / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008515:Medicine, Ayurvedic / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine