Rājamārtaṇḍa Explained
Rājamārtaṇḍa (also called Yogasārasaṅgraha and Nanāvidhayogasārasaṅgraha) is a Sanskrit treatise on Āyurveda believed to have been composed by Bhojarāja (d.1055) of the Rajput Paramāra dynasty, rulers of the Malwa region in central/western India. This is primarily a work describing mono-herbal Ayurvedic medicinal preparations.[1] The work is divided into 34 chapters. The first chapter deals with diseases of the head and the last chapter is concerned with animal diseases.[2] Rājamārtaṇḍa is one of the earliest Ayurveda texts to mention a specific prescription as a contraceptive.[3]
Further reading
- For the full text of Rājamārtaṇḍa (no commentary, no translation): Book: Rajamartanda . Mharaaja Bhoja . 1924 . Vaidya Jadavji Tricumji Acharya . Bombay (Mumbai) . 24 December 2023.
- For an English translation of Rājamārtaṇḍa: Book: K. Nishteswar and R. Vidyanath . RaJamartanda (Nanavidhayogasangraha: Text with English Translation). 2008 . Chaukhamba Orientalia . Varanasi, India . 978-8176370615.
Notes and References
- Sreelekshmi I, Vivek P, Vidhya Unnikrishnan . Rajamartanda - A Literary Treasure on Monoherbal Therapies . International Journal of Ayurvedic and Herbal Medicine . 2020 . 10 . 6 . 3874–3885 . 24 December 2023.
- Web site: M. S. Krishnamurthy . Rajamartanda by Bhojaraj - Book Review . www.easyayurveda.com . 27 June 2019 . 24 December 2023.
- Narendra Bhatt and Manasi Deshpande . A Critical Review and Scientific Prospective on Contraceptive Therapeutics from Ayurveda and Allied Ancient Knowledge . Frontiers in Pharmacology . June 2021 . 12 . 10.3389/fphar.2021.629591 . free . 34149405 . 8210421 .
