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ANALYZING BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHIKITSA STHANA OF CHAKRAPANI COMMENTARY ON CHARAK SAMHITA

Dr. Manisha Singla* and Dr. Mohan Joshi

ABSTRACT

Every article, book or research writing is incomplete without references and bibliography. Bibliography helps in defining the actual sources of the information consulted, acknowledges the source, avoids plagiarism and makes the writing more authentic and ethical. Chakrapani commentary on Charak samhita is most widely accepted and popular among Ayurvedic practitioners and researchers. It is very interesting and very essential to know about the references mentioned in Chakrapani commentary of Charak samhita. For the precision of work, only chikitsa sthan is considered and chapter wise references is evaluated, analyzed and compiled. There is mention of 40 acharyas in 30 chapters of chikitsa sthana of Chakrapani commentary with total of 178 references. Maximum references are given in jwara chikitsa that is 50. Acharya Sushrut has been quoted maximum number of times that is 54 followed by Jatukarna that is 45. There are 71 references available from the acharyas of Atreya Tradition. References from Dhanwantari tradition are also mentioned which are 64 in number. 10 references are mentioned from other commentators of Charak Samhita. There are 33 references from other acharyas like Vagbhat, Kashyap, Sudshastra, Kharnaad etc.

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