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[2] [3] [4] He and his family of students were the authors of Mandala 6 in the Rigveda. [5] In the epic Mahabharata, Bharadvaja was the father of Droṇācārya, [6] the guru and instructor to the Pandava and Kaurava princes in the Mahabharata. Bharadvaja is also mentioned in Charaka Samhita, an authoritative ancient Indian medical text.
Estimated to have lived sometime between 6th century to 2nd century BCE, little is known about his life. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 4 ] His traditional name "Kaṇāda" means "atom eater", [ 8 ] and he is known for developing the foundations of an atomistic approach to physics and philosophy in the Sanskrit text Vaiśeṣika Sūtra .
Maharishi (Sanskrit: महर्षि, lit. 'great seer', IAST: Maharṣi) is a Sanskrit word used for members of the highest order of ancient Indian sages, popularly known in India as "seers", i.e., those who engage in research to understand and experience nature, divinity, and the divine context of existence, and these experiences' governing laws.
Maharishi Jyotish is premised on the ability to precisely calculate mathematically the unfolding pattern of life, and to locate the trends and tendencies of an individual life within that pattern, making it possible to determine in advance whether a difficult period was coming, and to take action in the present to amend a future difficulty. [57]
Chapter 3 explains the life of Brahmacarya (bachelor), the duties and qualifications of scholars and teachers, good and bad books and the scheme of studies. 4 Chapter 4 is about marriage and married life. 5 Chapter 5 is about giving up materialism and starting to carry out community service. 6 Chapter 6 is about Science of Government. 7
Both of his books were originally written in Sanskrit with 7000 sutras. Sushruta , "Father of Surgery" and "Father of Plastic Surgery", Charaka, a medical genius, and Vāgbhaṭa are considered to be "The Trinity" of Ayurvedic knowledge, with Vāgbhaṭa coming after the other two. [ 4 ]
The most celebrated scholar of this field is Yāska, who wrote the Nighaṇṭu (book of glossary), the first book on this field. [6] His text is also referred simply as Nirukta . [ 2 ] [ 6 ] The study of Nirukta has been closely related to the ancillary Vedic science of Vyakarana , but they have a different focus.
Agastya Samhita is the name of one of the three sections of Garuda Purana which deals with the study of gems; the other two being the Brihaspati Samhita (Nitisara) and the Dhanvantari Samhita which is a study on material science, jurisprudence and medicine. [web 1]