e-Caraka

A reading edition of the Carakasaṃhitā, in IAST

The Carakasaṃhitā, a Sanskrit treatise on medicine, is organized into eight sthānas (sections). It is read here alongside Cakrapāṇidatta's commentary, the Āyurvedadīpikā, with the two distinguished typographically. Choose a sthāna below to browse its adhyāyas (chapters).

Transcribed from the 1941 edition edited by Yādavasarman Trivikrama Ācārya.

Sthāna 1

Sūtrasthānam

General Principles

30 adhyāyas

Sthāna 2

Nidānasthānam

Pathology of the Major Diseases

8 adhyāyas

Sthāna 3

Vimānasthānam

Methodology and Epistemology

8 adhyāyas

Sthāna 4

Śārīrasthānam

Anatomy and Embryology

8 adhyāyas

Sthāna 5

Indriyasthānam

Prognosis through the Senses

12 adhyāyas

Sthāna 6

Cikitsāsthānam

Therapeutics

36 adhyāyas

Sthāna 7

Kalpasthānam

Pharmaceutical Preparations

12 adhyāyas

Sthāna 8

Siddhisthānam

Principles of Successful Treatment

12 adhyāyas