Medicinal Plants of India by C.K.N. NAIR & N. MOHANAN Prakrit Text Society The very name ofthis system

The very name ofthis system (veda-anta

परम्परागत ज्योतिष अर्थात् पराशरी एवं जैमिनी आदि का अध्ययन इन्होंने विश्व के महानतमू ज्योतिषी एवं भारत सरकार के पूर्व महालेखाकार श्री के०एन० राव के सान्निध्य में इनके मार्गदर्शन में संचालित संस्थान भारतीय विद्या भवन से किया। यहाँ इन्हें ज्योतिष अलंकार एवं ज्योतिष आचार्य की उपाधि से नवाजा गया तथा इन्हें चाँदी का पदक प्रदान किया गया ।

or is their apparent presence in the text due to coincidence or loose interpretation

Superb was the stuff this disciple was made of

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Medicinal Plants of India by C.K.N. NAIR & N. MOHANAN Prakrit Text Society The very name ofthis systemThe system of herbal medicine known as Ayurveda has been followed in India from time immemorial. The germ plasma for this science, which is now receiving worldwide attention, can be traced to the most ancient of Sanskrit texts known as the Vedas. While identifying all the important medicinal plants that have been mentioned in the Ayurvedic texts along with their medicinal properties and uses the authors have also tried to give appropriate references