Laghutrayee

Brief note on laghutrayee

1. Laghutrayee
Dr. Sachin S. Bagali MD (Ayu)
Assistant Professor
Department of Samhita & Siddantha
BLDEA’s AVS AMV Vijayapur

2. •Bhavamishra
•Sharngadhara
•Madhavakara

Laghutrayee

3. Commentator Commentary Period
Bhavamishra Bhavaprakash 16
th
C AD
Sharngadhara Sharangadhara samhita 13
th
C AD
Madhavakara Madhava nidana 7
th
C AD

4. Bhavamishra
•One among ‘Laghu trayee’
•Period  16
th
C. AD
•Author  ‘Bhavaprakasa’  important treatise on Ayurveda
•Father  ‘Latakamishra’
•Belongs  Brahmin family & “Magadha Desa ”
(Lower & middle part of Bihar)
•Works-
Bhavaprakasa  Available with Sanskrit commentary
Guna Ratnamala  Manuscripts Available
Madhavanidana Tippanai  Manuscripts Available
Vaidya Nighantu  Not traced so far

5. •Consist of 3 division, 80 chapters
Poorva khanda 7 chapter Creation, PK, Dina & Rutu charya
Madhyama Khanda 71 chapter
Nidana panchaka, Treatment,
Sadyasadyata
Uttara khanda 2 chapter Rasayana & Vajikarana

6. Madhavakara

•Period  7
th
c. AD

•Belong  Vanga Desha

•The word ‘kara’ represents to Bengal region

•Son  Indukara

•Author  Rogavinischaya  popular as Madhava
Nidana

7. •In his work , he composed pathological aspects of number of
diseases pertaining to various branches of Ayurveda such as,

kaya chikitsa
Bhuta vidya
Salya chikitsa
Salakya chikitsa
Koumarbhritya
Agadatantra

8. •Explained in systematic manner ,
Nidana (Causative factors)
Purva rupa (Premonitory symptoms)
Rupa (Sign’s & symptoms)
Upasaya /Anupasaya (whole / unwholesome substances used for Differential Diagnosis)
Samprapti (Pathogenesis)
Upadrava (Complications)
Arista Laksana (Definite signs of death )

•Total 79 diseases explained by M.N, contain 1522 verses in
69 chapters Add new diseases Amavata, Parinamasoola,
Annadravasoola, Medoroga, seetapeeta, Amlapitta, Masurika,
Yonikhanda, paksmashata

9. Sharangadhara

•One among Laghutrayee (MN, BP)

•Period  13-14 C. AD

•Wrote a treatise on medicine  ‘Sharangadhara Samhita’

•Also composed treatise on ‘Neeti Sastra’ known as
‘Sharangadhara Paddhati’

Raghava Dev

Gopal Damodar Devdas

Sharangadhara Laxmidar Krishna
•Eldest son of Damodar & Grandson of Raghava dev

10. •Consist of 3 division, 32 chapters
Poorva khanda- 7 chapter- Medical Formulation & Examination
Madhyama Khanda- 12 chapter- Pancha Vidha Kashaya Kalpana
Uttara khanda- 13 chapter – Panchakarma, Opthalmic

11. Commentators of Sarangadhar Samhita
Commentator Commentary Period
Adhamalla Dipika 14
th
C AD
Kasiram vaidya Gudardha Dipika 16
th
C AD
Rudra Bhat Ayurveda Dipika 17
th
C AD
Vopa dev Sharngadhara Samitha 14
th
C AD