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This book is English translation of ancient Ayurvedic textbook on pathology and diagnosis, Madhava Nidana.
The book contains all the chapters of Madhava Nidana with English translation and the Sanskrit Shlokas are I.A.S.T transliterated.
All Sanskrit verses can be read in English. A person who cannot read Sanskrit can read and understand Ayurveda easily.
The English translation is made in very simple, scientific and easy-to-understand language. This makes the book easy to read and understand.
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Nature of book: Paperback
Total number of pages: 470
Price: Rs 1499 or USD 44.99
Specialties of Madhava Nidana
In his treatise Madhava Nidana, Madhavakara has composed the pathological aspects of a number of diseases pertaining to various branches of Ayurveda. The compilation is in below said order –
Chapter 1 – deals with basics of Nidana Panchaka (5 tools of examining a disease)
Chapters 2-19, 22-37 and 49-54 – deals with topics related to Kaya Chikitsa (General systemic diseases like Jwara i.e. fever, Atisara i.e. diarrhoea etc)
Chapters 20-21 – deals with Graha or Bhuta vidya (toxicology, worm infestations)
Chapters 38 and 55 – deals with Shalya Chikitsa or surgical aspects
Chapters 56-60 – deals with Shalakya chikitsa (diseases pertaining to eye, ear, nose, throat, head, tongue, teeth etc)
Chapters 61-68 – deals with Kaumarabhritya (paediatrics, diseases occurring in children)
Chapter 69 – deals with Agadatantra (toxicology)
In total, 79 diseases have been described in Madhavanidana
The book has explained the sanskrit verses in the following way,
Example Shlokas
Example 1:
Synonyms of Nidana
nimittahetvāyatanapratyayotthānakāraṇaiḥ |
nidānamāhuḥ paryāyaiḥ||| |5|
(vā| ni| a| 1) |
The synonyms of Nidāna (causative factors or aetiological factors of the disease) are –
Nimitta
Hetu
Ayatana
Pratyaya
Utthāna and
Kāraṇa (5)
Example 2:
Rupa – signs and symptoms of the disease
tadeva vyaktatāṃ yātaṃ rūpamityabhidhīyate |
saṃsthānaṃ vyañjanaṃ liḍgaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ cihnamākṛtiḥ ||7||
(vā| ni| a| 1) |
The same premonitory signs and symptoms manifesting clearly in the later time are known as rupa i.e., ‘signs and symptoms proper’ or specific features of the disease. They synonyms of rupa are – vyanjana, linga, laksana, cinha and akrti. (7)
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