This Book 'Astangasamgraha' of Acarya Vagbhata is an ancient authoritative text on Ayurveda, studied since many centuries by students, scholars and practitioners of Indian medicine. Because of its archaic style of composition and terse language certain amount of difficulty is being experianced. Desire for translation of the complete text either in Hindi or English is being keenly felt. This translation in English hopes to fulfil the need.
Translation has been done in simple English by Prof. K.R. Srikantha Murthy an experianced teacher and author. Explanatory notes have been added at many places to fecilitate correct understanding especially by the students. Entire text is being covered in three volumes of translation, each one having Index, Appendices etc.
This being the first English translation of the complete text is sure to be of great help to all those interested in Ayurveda. |
