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Charaka
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Charaka was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in ancient India. He is known as a physician who edited the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita, one of the foundational texts of classical Indian medicine and Ayurveda, included under Brhat-Trayi.
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Charaka was a male physician, academic, and writer from Ancient India. He practiced in Kashmir and spoke Sanskrit. His religious affiliation was Hinduism. His notable work is the Charaka Samhita. His name in the native language is चरक.
The subject is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. A Commons category exists for Charaka. The Vinony graph indicates that the subject is referenced by 65 other encyclopedia articles.
Note: The provided facts include data for "Charaka Club" (an author with 4 works) and "Chakra" (a music artist with 73,589 listeners), as well as a Crossref count of 5 works. These entities are distinct from the historical physician Charaka and are not included in this description of the individual.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Annual meeting
- Proceedings of the Charaka Club; 2, (1906)
- Proceedings of the Charaka Club; 5, (1919)
- The Proceedings of the Charaka Club. Volume I.
- The proceedings of the Charaka Club
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Key facts
- Scientist.name
- Charaka
- Scientist.image
- Charak.jpg
- Scientist.caption
- Portrait of Charaka
- Scientist.birth_name
- Charaka
- Scientist.birth_place
- Ancient India
- Scientist.field
- Medicine
- Scientist.known_for
- Charaka Samhita
- Scientist.native_name_lang
- Sanskrit
- Scientist.honorific_prefix
- Maharshi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient India
- Languages spoken
- Sanskrit
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Notable work
- Charaka Samhita
- Image
- Charak (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Kashmir
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Charaka
- date of birth
- 0050-00-00
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- चरक
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Date
- Charaka and the Ayurveda
- Charaka Samhita
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Charaka was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in ancient India. He is known as a physician who edited the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita, one of the foundational texts of classical Indian medicine and Ayurveda, included under Brhat-Trayi.
Charaka, also known as Charak acharya, was an ancient Indian physician and scholar who made significant contributions to the field of Ayurveda. Ayurveda is a traditional system of medicine that originated in Indian subcontinent.
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