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..
Sūtrasthāna
General Principles
30 adhyāyas
Śārīrasthāna
Anatomy
6 adhyāyas
Nidānasthāna
Diagnosis
16 adhyāyas
Cikitsāsthāna
Therapeutics
22 adhyāyas
Kalpasiddhisthāna
Pharmaceutics
6 adhyāyas
Uttarasthāna
Supplementary Section
40 adhyāyas
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