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A frequently quoted erroneous suggestion is that Vāgbhaṭa was an ethnic Kashmiri,[2] based on a mistaken reading of the following note by the German Indologist Claus Vogel: "..judging by the fact that he expressly defines Andhra and Dravida as the names of two southern peoples or kingdoms and repeatedly mentions Kashmirian terms for particular plants, he is likely to have been a Northerner and a native of Kashmir...".[3] Vogel is speaking here not of Vāgbhaṭa, but of the commentator Indu.

History of Indian Medical Literature. According to Vāgbhaṭa, 85% of diseases can be cured without a doctor; only 15% of diseases require a doctor. Groningen: Egbert Forsten.

  • ↑Anna Akasoy & co., Islam and Tibet: Interactions Along the Musk Routes, Ashgate Publishing Limited (2011), p.76
  • ↑Claus Vogel, Vāgbhaṭa Ashtāngahridayasamhitā.

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  • ↑Wujastyk, Dominik (2003). The Aṣṭāṅgasaṅgraha, by contrast, is poorly represented in the manuscript record, with only a few, fragmentary manuscripts having survived to the twenty-first century.

    Classics of Ayurveda

    The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Ah, "Heart of Medicine") is written in poetic language.

    Several works are associated with his name as author, principally the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha (अष्टाङ्गसंग्रह) and the Ashtāngahridayasaṃhitā (अष्टाङ्गहृदयसंहिता). According to Vagbhata, 85% of diseases can be cured without a doctor; only 15% of diseases require a doctor. The Ah is written in 7120 easily understood Sanskrit verses that present a coherent account of Ayurvedic knowledge.

    Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies 48 (1985): 74-78.

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    Books by Vagbhata

    Astanga Hrdaya of Vagbhata: The Book of Eight Branches of Ayurveda: Text and English Translation
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    Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅga saṃgraha: The compendium of eight branches of Āyurveda : text and English translation with illustrations (Indian medical science series)
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    Vāgbhaṭālaṅkāra, Vidyāsāgarīya ṭīkā [sahita]
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    Srimadvagbhatacarya viracita rasaratna samuccayamu
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    Aṣṭāṅga samgraha of Vāgbhaṭa: Text, English translation, notes, indeces [sic] etc (Jaikrishnadas Ayurveda series)
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    Gaṇas of Vāhaṭa: Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṁhitā : Sūtrasthāna, Chapter XV (Vaidyasarathy series)
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    Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅga hr̥dayam: Text, English translation, notes, appendix, and indices (Krishnadas ayurveda series)
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    Astangahrdayasamhita: With the Sasilekha commentary of Indu
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    Srimadvagbhatavi racitam astangahrdayam: Srimadarunadattaviracita ya sarvangasundarakhyaya vyakhyaya hemadripranitaya ayurvedarasayanahvaya tikaya ca samullasitam
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    Vagbhata's Astangahrdaya samhita: Kalpasthana
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    Astanka hrutayam ; Irasarattina samuccayam: Acarya Vakpataral Samskrutattil iyarrapperravai
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    The AshtangaHridaya 1939 [Leather Bound]
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    Astangahrdayam: Sutrasthanam ...

    The best current research, however, argues in detail that these two works cannot be the product of a single author.

    Translations

    The Ah has been translated into many languages, including Tibetan, Arabic, Persian and several modern Indian and European languages.[1]: 656  Selected passages of the Ah translated into English have been published in the Penguin Classics series.[5]

    Other attributed works

    Numerous other medical works are attributed to Vāgbhaṭa, but it is almost certain that none of them are by the author of the Ah[citation needed].

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    Both of his books were originally written in Sanskrit with 7000 sutra. The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā is perhaps Ayurveda’s greatest classic, and copies of the work in manuscript libraries across India and the world outnumber any other medical work. Penguin Books, 2003, ISBN 0-14-044824-1

  • Dominik Wujastyk: "Ravigupta and Vāgbhaṭa".

    p. 10. Vogel is speaking here not of Vāgbhata, but of the commentator Indu. There is also detailed information on Five-actions therapies (Skt. The Roots of Ayurveda. Both of his books were originally written in Sanskrit with 7000 sutra.