A Critical Appraisal on Rasagrantha - Rasendrabhaskara

Abstract

Rasashastra is the important and popular branch of Ayurveda which gained its existence from 7th century A.D. Plenty of the literature is available on Rasashastra till date but still the thirst of gaining the knowledge regarding the literature of Rasashastra remains unquenched. This may be due to lack of comparative knowledge of concepts from various texts. Rasendra Bhaskara is one of the rare text from the stream of Rasashastra which many of the readers may haven’t come across. This paper gives a framework regarding the author, period, chapters, contributions, salient features and pitfalls of the text Rasendrabhaskara which may help the reader to have a brief idea of text.