The author of the Book is a renowned physician of 16th Century, Vaidya Narasimha Soori. He was the son of Great physician of Karnataka Vaidya Shree Nanjanatha. He was residing in the banks of Suvarna rever in the Balachandra pura, which is assumed to be the present Hassan district of Karnataka.
The book is complete in two parts. Poorva Khanda and Uttara Khanda.
Total 14 prakaranas are found in this book and it is complete in almost all the branches of Ayurveda, including the tantric and mantric ways too, which is not found in any of the ayurvedic.
The text establishes its uniqueness in its approaches, utility and presentation.
The author quotes this book with the reference of more than 30 classical texts of Ayurveda, among which many are not available now-a-days.
The text establishes its uniqueness in its approaches, utility and presentation.
The practical aspects discussed by the translator Prof Dr. M.S. Krishnamurthy further increased its validity and thus its demand by Academicians, researchers and practitioners of Ayurveda. |
