Cha.Su.26- Atreyabhadrakaapyeeya Adhyaya

Syllabus – subtopics

1. IAdhyaya parichaya
2. IISiddhanta vivarana
3. 1Sambhasha parishat on number of rasa
4. 2Gunas of parthivadi dravyas
5. 3Dravya prabhava and guna prabhava
6. 4Dravya karmukata siddhanta (pharmacodyanamics) with respect to adhikarana, kala, karma, veerya, upaya and phala
7. 5Paradi guna
8. 6Rasadi-panchaka – Additional knowledge
9. 7Examples of samanapratyarabdha and vichitra pratyaarabdha dravyas
10. 8Properties of vipaka
11. 9Perception of rasa, vipaka and veerya
12. 10Examples of prabhava
13. 11Types of viruddha and management of complications
14. 12Principles of treatment of diseases caused by viruddha ahara
15. IIIAdhyaya sangraha

Learning objectives

At the end of this topic the student should be able to… (NCISM Table 3)

• Justify the position of the chapter in the Samhita and its
• Explain basic meaning and importance of key terms such as dravyaprabhava, gunaprabhava, rasapanchaka and viruddha
• Enlist gunas of parthivadi dravyas Ch Su 26/11
• Differentiate dravyaprabhava and gunaprabhava with examples Ch Su 26/13
• Explain dravyakarmukata siddhant with examples Ch Su 26/13
• Explain the importance of paradi gunas as chikitsopayogi gunas (in diagnosis and treatment). Ch Su 26/29-35 (see activity list, activity no.5)
• omplement the existing knowledge of ‘rasadi panchaka’ with additions from Charakasamhita.
• Differentiate the properties of three types of ‘Vipakas’ Ch Su 26/58-63
• Explain method of perception of rasa,veerya and vipaka of dravyas Ch Su 26/66
• Enlist the examples of prabhava Ch Su 26/68-70
• Enlist the types of viruddhaahara and principles of management of diseases caused by viruddhaahara. Ch Su 26/86, 104-105
• Illustrate vichitra-pratyayarabdha with examples Ch Su 26/48-52
• Recite the shlokas Ch Su 26/13,36,37,61,62,66,81,85
• Relate different sidhantas on dravya mentioned in Ch.Su1, Ch Su 4, Ch Su 27 and Ch Vi 1
• Summarize the chapter as per sutra Ch Su 26/107-113