This translation is a step in that direction. Need for its English translation was being keenly felt specially by Post-graduate students. With all these merits Bhavaprakasa has been a very popular text. In the treatment of diseases both Kasthausadhas (Vegetable drugs) and Rasausadhas (mercurial and mineral drugs) have been prescribed. This lexicon of drugs (Nighantu Bhaga) is considered as a speciality of this text since in incorporates many new drugs unknown in the ancient period. It describes about 500 drugs belonging to vegetable, mineral and animal kingdoms. It is comprehensive, dealing with basic doctrines, aetiology, symptomatology and treatment of all diseases. Bhavaprakasa written by Bhavamisra is an authoritative text on Ayurveda and is being studied by students, teachers and practitioners of Ayurveda since last five centuries.
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