This paper is the adaptation of a talk given by the author at the University of Kelaniya (Sri Lanka) on 29 September 1998 on three European scholars who have made a signal contribution to philological studies of Ayurveda.

A synopsis of the Sanskrit text, Abhinava Chintamani is presented in this paper. Attention is paid to highlight the novel features of this text composed in 18(th) Century A. D. by Mahamati Cakrapani Das of Orissa.

There is much to be desired for the promotion of greater understanding and appreciation of Ayurveda in the Western world. This is an attempt on the part of a Western mind to present an objective study of the basic concepts of this basic Science with a view to dispel Western prejudice. The fact that Ayurveda, by virtue of its unique efficacy, has been recognized by the WHO should remover further...

This paper contains some valid interpretations of the surgical explanations of the disease Cancer in terms of such relative diseases in Ayurveda. This is a result of a critical observation of the Susruta Samhita, followed by the translation of this authentic text of ancient Indian Surgery done by the author and his colleagues.

In this paper the author discusses how the secret of life was taken care of by our ancients. The contribution of modern research scholars in this fields are also summed up here.

Several drugs are prescribed for a single disease in Ayurveda. Often one drug is indicated in many diseases, with this type of information, the drugs indicated in a disease can be reclassified on the basis of pathogenesis, in order to understand the intensity of the efficacy and mode of action on par with ayurvedic methodology. Besides the pathological basis, the terminologies used to explain t...

Before starting the treatment, the examination of the diseased and the disease plays an important role for a successful result. Ayurveda has a clear understanding of the mental and physical constitution of the various types of patients with established criteria. This knowledge hinders the physician from stretching his hand towards a wrong medicament and from giving a wrong advise to the patient...

Medicated oils prepared using process as mentioned in Ayurveda are used for external and internal administrations to treat various disorders. Taila pak vidhi provides detailed description of such processes. Medicated oils are prepared by prolonged cooking of sesame oil with pasty mass of herbs and decoction of herbs in presence of large quantity of water. We report preliminary findings of physi...

Several arguments have been forwarded for the stagnation of Ayurveda, and most of these focus on the discrimination that Ayurveda faces under Mughal and then under British rule. Even for Ancient India, the halcyon portrait of Ayurveda synergetically related with religion and politics during the period, as has been portrayed in many books of history and in countless lores, is false. This paper t...

A suggestion was made recently that the account of dissection of the cadaver present in Susruta Samhita is probably not in the true tradition of Ayurveda and the art of dissection itself is presumably of the Greek origin. By a closer scrutiny of the Text and its internal evidence, it has been shown here that this contention is likely to be not only incorrect but also unwarranted. In this connec...