e-Vāgbhaṭa

A reading edition of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya, in IAST

The Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya of Vāgbhaṭa, a Sanskrit treatise on medicine, is organized into six sthānas (sections). It is read here alongside two commentaries: Aruṇadatta's Sarvāṅgasundarā, preserved throughout, and Hemādri's Āyurvedarasāyana, preserved for part of the text. All three are distinguished typographically. Choose a sthāna below to browse its adhyāyas (chapters).

Transcribed from the 1939 edition edited by Kunte et al..

Sthāna 1

Sūtrasthāna

General Principles

30 adhyāyas

Sthāna 2

Śārīrasthāna

Anatomy

6 adhyāyas

Sthāna 3

Nidānasthāna

Diagnosis

16 adhyāyas

Sthāna 4

Cikitsāsthāna

Therapeutics

22 adhyāyas

Sthāna 5

Kalpasiddhisthāna

Pharmaceutics

6 adhyāyas

Sthāna 6

Uttarasthāna

Supplementary Section

40 adhyāyas