Abstract

REVIEW ON ARKAPRAKASH

Darshan D. Fursule*, Piyush K. Gandhi and Rajesh K. Ingole

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Abstract

Rasashastra and bhaishajyakalpana is a branch of ayurveda science where there is mentioning about different medicine forms in metal, mineral, herbo-mineral etc. While rasashastra deals with metals and minerals, bhaishajyakalpana deals with mostly preparation of herbal drugs or herbo-mineral drugs. In bhaishajya kalpana various medicinal forms (Kalpanas) are mentioned like swarasa kalpana, kalka kalpana etc. Similary arka kalpana also comes under the umbrella of bhaishajyakalpana. Arka kalpana is thoroughly explained by lankapati raavana in the arkaprakash samhita. He has written various arkas of different herbal drugs and its therapeutical usage in various diseases. Present paper will highlight the framework of arkaprakash providing the information about the author, text, peculiarities etc. It will also throw a light towards the contribution of arkaprakash in the field of ayurveda.

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