Bhrigu-Samhita: An ancient manuscript with medical matters of interest

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Nice article on Brigu Samhitha from a doctor on medical matters

 

During my study for M.D. (Medicine),

I wrote a thesis on `The medical aspects

of Bhrigu-Samhita' in 1963. It was a comparative

study in the history of medicine.

I invited the wrath of my examiners and

the thesis was rejected because it was on

`Ayurveda'! But what interested me more

in Bhrigu-Samhita were the remarkable

medical descriptions in Sanskrit, on the

circulation of blood, cancer, embolism,

etc. I have cited some of these excerpts

from the manuscript below:

 

• & #61472; & #61472; `The windpipe must be healthy for the

movement of pure and impure air to

and fro from the lungs. The lungs, in

turn, supply the heart with the purified

blood. Then the heart circulates

the blood to the entire body rather

rapidly.' It is quite a statement in

an old Sanskrit manuscript (Bhrigu R

II/6: 8–9) (circa 3000 B.C. – Bhrigu

Rishi).

 

• & #61472; & #61472; `If at times, due to whatever reasons,

impure blood, a blood clot, or a piece

of fat were to move into the heart,

during circulation, this can jeopardize

the heart.' (Bhrigu R II/7: 5–6)

• & #61472; & #61472; `The germ can also move into the

bones or the seat of the heart. The

disease is called by the name – Kshaya

Roga – The germs are so virulent that

via breath a rapid spread can occur

from one person to another.' (Bhrigu

R III/20: 5–7)

 

• & #61472; & #61472; `At times even the heart will be

replaced. Such devices exist in

India . . . Indian scientists of a high

calibre will one day replace even liver

or spleen, in future.' (Bhrigu R II/10:

1–4)

 

• & #61472; & #61472; `Occasionally, diabetics would benefit

especially from treatment that is

carried out after proper urine examination.

There can be help in other

diseases too by a careful urine

examination. ' (Bhrigu R IV/31: 6–8)

There is an urgent need to salvage

many of our ancient manuscripts of

medicine, astrology, philosophy, etc. We

must conduct 14C-dating to determine the

period of the palm-leaf and other

manuscripts. But the time has come to

look seriously at our heritage in sciences

and humanities, without any ancestral

vain-glory or an outright rejection because,

something does not fit into the western

reductionist world-view.

 

ASHOK D. B. VAIDYA

Bhavan's S.P.A.R.C,

13th North South Road,

JVPD, Juhu,

Mumbai 400 049, India

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hinducivilization , " Avtar Krishen Kaul "

<jyotirved wrote:

 

Shri Sreedhar Nambiarji,

Namaskar!

You have said, " Nice article on Brigu Samhitha from a doctor on

medical matters " .

Wht is the date of Brigu Rishi according to you and why? What are

the references that talk of such a Samhita?

AKK

 

hinducivilization , " sreedhar.nambiar "

<sreedhar.nambiar@> wrote:

>

>

>

>

> Nice article on Brigu Samhitha from a doctor on medical matters

>

> During my study for M.D. (Medicine),

> I wrote a thesis on `The medical aspects

> of Bhrigu-Samhita' in 1963. It was a comparative

> study in the history of medicine.

> I invited the wrath of my examiners and

> the thesis was rejected because it was on

> `Ayurveda'! But what interested me more

> in Bhrigu-Samhita were the remarkable

> medical descriptions in Sanskrit, on the

> circulation of blood, cancer, embolism,

> etc. I have cited some of these excerpts

> from the manuscript below:

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `The windpipe must be healthy for the

> movement of pure and impure air to

> and fro from the lungs. The lungs, in

> turn, supply the heart with the purified

> blood. Then the heart circulates

> the blood to the entire body rather

> rapidly.' It is quite a statement in

> an old Sanskrit manuscript (Bhrigu R

> II/6: 8–9) (circa 3000 B.C. – Bhrigu

> Rishi).

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `If at times, due to whatever reasons,

> impure blood, a blood clot, or a piece

> of fat were to move into the heart,

> during circulation, this can jeopardize

> the heart.' (Bhrigu R II/7: 5–6)

> • & #61472; & #61472; `The germ can also move into the

> bones or the seat of the heart. The

> disease is called by the name – Kshaya

> Roga – The germs are so virulent that

> via breath a rapid spread can occur

> from one person to another.' (Bhrigu

> R III/20: 5–7)

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `At times even the heart will be

> replaced. Such devices exist in

> India . . . Indian scientists of a high

> calibre will one day replace even liver

> or spleen, in future.' (Bhrigu R II/10:

> 1–4)

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `Occasionally, diabetics would benefit

> especially from treatment that is

> carried out after proper urine examination.

> There can be help in other

> diseases too by a careful urine

> examination. ' (Bhrigu R IV/31: 6–8)

> There is an urgent need to salvage

> many of our ancient manuscripts of

> medicine, astrology, philosophy, etc. We

> must conduct 14C-dating to determine the

> period of the palm-leaf and other

> manuscripts. But the time has come to

> look seriously at our heritage in sciences

> and humanities, without any ancestral

> vain-glory or an outright rejection because,

> something does not fit into the western

> reductionist world-view.

>

> ASHOK D. B. VAIDYA

> Bhavan's S.P.A.R.C,

> 13th North South Road,

> JVPD, Juhu,

> Mumbai 400 049, India

>

 

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Shri Sreedhar Nambiarji,

Namaskar!

You have said, " Nice article on Brigu Samhitha from a doctor on

medical matters "

Where has this article appeared?

<I wrote a thesis on `The medical aspects of Bhrigu-Samhita' in

1963.... I have cited some of these excerpts from the manuscript

below:>

Which Bhrigu Samhia is the doctor referring to? I have visited quite

a few Bhrigu-Samhita-walas myself, including the ones at Railway

Road, Hoshiarpur (Punjab) and some in Dasua, Punjab. Then there is a

work " Brigu Samhita Padhhati " by Bhagwan Das Mittal from Mathura.

There are no such references like " The windpipe must be healthy for

the movement of pure and impure air to and fro from the lungs " etc.

etc. in any of these works. As such, it appears to be a concocted

manuscript, like the fake " Brihat Parashara Hora Shastram " etc. etc.

 

Then again, the doctor has said " (circa 3000 B.C. – Bhrigu Rishi " .

 

Which Bhrigu Rishi is he talking about? To the best of my knowledge,

all the Bhrigu-Samhita-walas claim that Bhrigu Samhita was " written "

by Maharshi Bhrigu, the father of Shukracharya, the preceptor of

Asuras! He is supposed to have been around right at the dawn of

creation, when there was a Samudra Manthan! Did he survive for

billions of years---from the dawn of creation till 3000 BCE? Is that

Brigu Rishi still around or has he vanished into thin air just like

all the " Vedic astrologers " of yore?

Or is it some other Bhrigu Rishi who " incarnated " around 3000 BCE and

then resurrected the original Bhrigu-Samhita (sic!)

All these are very inconvenient questions but they have certainly to

be answered and cannot be wished away.

Dhanyavad.

A K Kaul

, " sreedhar.nambiar "

<sreedhar.nambiar wrote:

>

> Nice article on Brigu Samhitha from a doctor on medical matters

>

> During my study for M.D. (Medicine),

> I wrote a thesis on `The medical aspects

> of Bhrigu-Samhita' in 1963. It was a comparative

> study in the history of medicine.

> I invited the wrath of my examiners and

> the thesis was rejected because it was on

> `Ayurveda'! But what interested me more

> in Bhrigu-Samhita were the remarkable

> medical descriptions in Sanskrit, on the

> circulation of blood, cancer, embolism,

> etc. I have cited some of these excerpts

> from the manuscript below:

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `The windpipe must be healthy for the

> movement of pure and impure air to

> and fro from the lungs. The lungs, in

> turn, supply the heart with the purified

> blood. Then the heart circulates

> the blood to the entire body rather

> rapidly.' It is quite a statement in

> an old Sanskrit manuscript (Bhrigu R

> II/6: 8–9) (circa 3000 B.C. – Bhrigu

> Rishi).

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `If at times, due to whatever reasons,

> impure blood, a blood clot, or a piece

> of fat were to move into the heart,

> during circulation, this can jeopardize

> the heart.' (Bhrigu R II/7: 5–6)

> • & #61472; & #61472; `The germ can also move into the

> bones or the seat of the heart. The

> disease is called by the name – Kshaya

> Roga – The germs are so virulent that

> via breath a rapid spread can occur

> from one person to another.' (Bhrigu

> R III/20: 5–7)

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `At times even the heart will be

> replaced. Such devices exist in

> India . . . Indian scientists of a high

> calibre will one day replace even liver

> or spleen, in future.' (Bhrigu R II/10:

> 1–4)

>

> • & #61472; & #61472; `Occasionally, diabetics would benefit

> especially from treatment that is

> carried out after proper urine examination.

> There can be help in other

> diseases too by a careful urine

> examination. ' (Bhrigu R IV/31: 6–8)

> There is an urgent need to salvage

> many of our ancient manuscripts of

> medicine, astrology, philosophy, etc. We

> must conduct 14C-dating to determine the

> period of the palm-leaf and other

> manuscripts. But the time has come to

> look seriously at our heritage in sciences

> and humanities, without any ancestral

> vain-glory or an outright rejection because,

> something does not fit into the western

> reductionist world-view.

>

> ASHOK D. B. VAIDYA

> Bhavan's S.P.A.R.C,

> 13th North South Road,

> JVPD, Juhu,

> Mumbai 400 049, India

>