Charak Samhita

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तदायुर्वेदयतीत्यायुर्वेदः; कथमिति चेत्? उच्यते-स्वलक्षणतः सुखासुखतो हिताहिततः प्रमाणाप्रमाणतश्च;यतश्चायुष्याण्यनायुष्याणि च द्रव्यगुणकर्माणि वेदयत्यतोऽप्यायुर्वेदः| तत्रायुष्याण्यनायुष्याणि च द्रव्यगुणकर्माणि केवलेनोपदेक्ष्यन्ते तन्त्रेण ||२३||

sanskrit

[Scope of Ayurveda] Ayurveda is that source of knowledge which teaches about or deals with Ayu. How so? By its characteristics, it imparts the knowledge of joy and suffering, benefit and harm, and authentic/authoritative and unauthentic/unreliable (sources of information). It is also that which informs us about the span of life and substances with properties and actions that result in the same. This will be dealt with in the entire text at various appropriate contexts.

english translation

tadAyurvedayatItyAyurvedaH; kathamiti cet? ucyate-svalakSaNataH sukhAsukhato hitAhitataH pramANApramANatazca;yatazcAyuSyANyanAyuSyANi ca dravyaguNakarmANi vedayatyato'pyAyurvedaH| tatrAyuSyANyanAyuSyANi ca dravyaguNakarmANi kevalenopadekSyante tantreNa ||23||

hk transliteration