An Overview Of Chintamani Rasa

Abstract

Ayurveda, the ancient science deals with health care. Since ages, the knowledge had been passed on through guru to shishya from generation to generation. Later on, this knowledge starts to get recorded in form of manuscripts. India is rich in its knowledge of manuscripts and classical texts. Several unique disease conditions and medical formulations as well as its therapeutic utilities  are contained in these manuscripts. Critical understanding of manuscriptshelp in better understanding of many undiscovered formulations for its therapeutic utility.The manuscript ‘Gutikaadhikar” is explored in the present study. Entire text deals with total folios and 129 formulations under four chapters. Content of Gutikaadhikarhas been compared with contemporary famous texts such as Vrindamadhava, Sharngadharasamhita, Cakradatta, Rasaratnasamucchaya and Basvarajiyam.