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Charak Samhita

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अथात आत्रेयभद्रकाप्यीयमध्यायं व्याख्यास्यामः ॥१॥

Now we shall expound the chapter "Atreyabhadrakapyiya" (Pharmacological principles of wholesome and unwholesome diet).

english translation

इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः ॥२॥

Thus said Lord Atreya.

english translation

आत्रेयो भद्रकाप्यश्च शाकुन्तेयस्तथैव च। पूर्णाक्षश्चैव मौद्गल्यो हिरण्याक्षश्च कौशिकः ॥३॥

[Conference on rasa and diet: Participants in the conference] Once Atreya, Bhadrakapya (descendant of Shakunta), Purnakshasha (descendant of Mudgala), Hiranyaksha (the descendant of Kushika),

english translation

यः कुमारशिरा नाम भरद्वाजः स चानघः। श्रीमान् वार्योविदश्चैव राजा मतिमतां वरः ॥४॥

Kumarashira, Bharadwaja, the pious one, Varyovida, the king and the excellent among the wise,

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निमिश्च राजा वैदेहो बडिशश्च महामतिः। काङ्कायनश्च बाह्लीको बाह्लीकभिषजां वरः ॥५॥

Nimi, the king of Videha; Badisha, the great scholar; Kankayana Bahlika, the excellent among the physicians of Bahlika –

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