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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Kashyap Samhitā''' (Devanagari {{lang|sa|कश्यप संहिता}}, also ''Kashyapa, Kasyap, Kasyapa''), also known as '''Vriddha Jivakiya Tantra''' is a treatise on [[Ayurveda]] attributed to the sage [[Kashyap]].<br />
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The text is often named as one of the earliest treatises on Indian medicine, alongside the [[Sushruta Samhita]], [[Charaka Samhita]], [[Bhela Samhita]], [[Harita Samhita]] (and others).<ref>The Journal of the Bihar Research Society, Volume 55, 1969, p. 97.</ref> <br />
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In contemporary practice of Ayurveda, it is consulted especially in the fields of Ayuvedic pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics.<ref>[http://indianmedicine.nic.in/html/ayurveda/afmain.htm Q7] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314211419/http://indianmedicine.nic.in/html/ayurveda/afmain.htm |date=2008-03-14 }} indianmedicine.nic.in. Q 7. The main classical texts for reference of Ayurvedic principles include Charak Samhita, Susruta Samhita, Astanga Hridaya, Sharangdhara Samhita, Madhava Nidan, '''Kashyapa Samhita''', Bhavprakasha and Bhaishajya Ratnavali etc.</ref> It is also part of the Ayurveda teaching syllabus especially in ''Kaumarabhritya Balaroga'' ([[Pediatrics]]).<ref>[http://imsbhu.nic.in/balrog/pgdnc_ref.htm Neonatal & Child Care, Reference Books] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231130508/http://www.imsbhu.nic.in/balrog/pgdnc_ref.htm |date=2008-12-31 }} [[Banaras Hindu University]] Department of Kaumarbhrityal Balroga.</ref><br />
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It is dated to a period of 6th century BCE.<ref>{{cite book|title=Pearson General Knowledge Manual 2009|author=Edgar Thorpe, Showick Thorpe|page=196|publisher=Pearson}}</ref> Kashyapa Samhita was translated into [[Chinese language|Chinese]] during the [[Middle Ages]].<ref>Terence Duke. ''The Boddhisattva Warriors: The Origin, Inner Philosophy, History and Symbolism of the Buddhist Martial Art Within India and China'' (p. 139-145).</ref><ref>[http://www.vedicbooks.net/kashyap-samhita-english-p-4028.html?cPath=21 Kashyap Samhita - (English), K.R. Srikrishnamurthy]</ref><br />
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The ''Kashyap samhita'' contains 200 chapters. <br />
* Sutra sthan, of 30 chapters<br />
* Nidan sthan, of 8 chapters<br />
* Vimana sthan, of 8 chapters<br />
* Shareer sthan, of 8 chapters<br />
* Indriya sthan, of 12 chapters,<br />
* Chikitsa sthan, of 30 chapters,<br />
* Siddhi sthan, of 12 chapters<br />
* Kalpa sthan, of 12 chapters<br />
* Khil Bhag, of 80 chapters.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* ''Kashyap-Samhita or Vriddha-JivakiyaTantra'' 1970. Trans IGM Shastri, Bombay Sastu Sahitya, 757.<br />
* ''Kashyap Samhita or Vridhajivakiya Tant''ra; text with English translation and commentary; edited by Prof. (km.) P. V. Tewari with Dr. Neeraj Kumar, Dr. [[R. D. Sharma]] and Dr. Abhimanyu Kumar<br />
* ''Kashyap Samhita'', Hindi translation with commentary edited by Nepal Raj Guru Pandita Hemaraja Sharma commentary by Shri Satyapal Bhishagacharya.<br />
==External links==<br />
* {{cite book| title = Kasyapa Samhita: Vriddha Jivakiya Tantra (Online Text)|language=Sanskrit|year=1953|publisher=Gurukul Kangri| url = https://archive.org/details/kasyapasamhita014944mbp }}<br />
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