Abstract

SHALAKYA TANTRA IN ASHTANGA SANGRAHA- A LITERARY REVIEW

A. K. Pandey* and S. K. Tripathi

Abstract

In recent era Shalakya Tantra is present in a scattered manner. It is an important branch of Ayurveda. To get maximum knowledge and practice about Shalakya Tantra, we are depending on other treatises of Ayurveda. To collect every topic related to Shalakya Tantra is a difficult and herculean task. Scattered study matter is useless in progress of our branches of Ayurveda and so for Shalakya Tantra. If we go through treatises of Ayurveda we found that similar topics are present in various treatises of Ayurveda. For a new research it is necessary to know what has happened and what to do. So in this article it is our effort to bring in light knowledge about Shalakya Tantra as mentioned by Acharya Vagbhata in Ashtanga Sangraha.

Keywords: Shalakya Tantra, Ashtanga Sangraha, Roga, Lakshana and Chikitsa.