Acharya Charaka
चरकसंहिता
Charaka Samhita
Kayachikitsa · internal medicine
The foundation of Ayurvedic medicine: how the body works, what causes disease, and how to treat it.
AyuReader™ · Ayurveda knowledge
The classics,
finally readable.
The Brihat Trayi, verse by verse and word by word. Every word tagged with its Sanskrit grammar, English and Hindi translations, and the classical commentaries beside each verse. A knowledge graph that cites its sources, Dravyaguna traced to the verse, and Rasashastra coming soon.
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- 3,400+
- concepts
- 9,700+
- cited links in the graph
The Brihat Trayi
Charaka, Sushruta and Vagbhata, in full.
The Brihat Trayi, the three great classics of Ayurveda, are the core texts of BAMS study and of every vaidya's practice. AyuReader brings all three online: every verse in Sanskrit, word-by-word meanings, English and Hindi translations, and the classical commentaries.
Acharya Sushruta
सुश्रुतसंहिता
Sushruta Samhita
Shalya tantra · surgery
The classic of Ayurvedic surgery: anatomy, instruments, procedures and the care that follows.
Acharya Vagbhata
अष्टाङ्गहृदयम्
Ashtanga Hridaya
Ashtanga · the eight branches
All eight branches of Ayurveda, brought together in concise, memorable verse.
Reading, rethought
Every verse, opened up.
Tap any word to see its meaning, root and grammar. Read the translation. Open the commentary. Follow a concept to every verse that mentions it.
ayureader.in · Charaka Samhita · Sutra 1.3
Verse by verse
Each verse in Devanagari and in English letters, chapter by chapter, with summaries.
Word by word
Every word with its meaning in English and Hindi. Tap for root and grammar.
Classical commentaries
Commentaries such as Chakrapani's Ayurveda Dipika, beside the verse they explain.
Forgiving search
Type 'amavata' the way you'd say it. AyuReader finds the Sanskrit.
3,400+ concepts
Ayurveda terms with definitions and the verses that mention them.
Knowledge graph
See how concepts connect. Every link cites the verse it comes from.
Dravya cards
Herbs with rasa, guna, virya, vipaka and karma, each property cited to its verse.
Parallel passages
Find where the classics say the same thing in different words.
Made for study
Bookmarks, light and dark themes, and an app you can install on your phone.
Knowledge graph
Thousands of concepts.
Every link cited.
Principles, diseases, dravyas, procedures and anatomy, joined by the verses that connect them. Click a node to open it; follow an edge back to the shloka.
ayureader.in · Knowledge graph
Dravyaguna
Every herb,
traced to the verse.
Rasa, guna, virya, vipaka and karma are the heart of Dravyaguna. AyuReader lays them out exactly as the Nighantu states them, with the verse number beside every single property. No more hunting through shlokas to check what a textbook claims.
- 105
- dravyas
- 545
- synonyms
- 92
- botanically identified
Starting with the Haritakyadi varga of the Bhavaprakasha Nighantu. More vargas are being added.
हरीतकीharītakī
Terminalia chebula Retz.
Combretaceae · Chebulic Myrobalan
verses 1–35
- Synonyms
- harītakī6abhayā6pathyā6kāyasthā6pūtanā6amṛtā6haimavatī6śivā6vijayā7rohiṇī7
- Rasa
- madhura19amla19kaṭu19tikta19kaṣāya19
- Guṇa
- rūkṣa19laghu20
- Vīrya
- uṣṇa19
- Vipāka
- madhura19
- Doṣa
- tridoṣa-hara23pitta-hara23kapha-hara23vāta-hara23
- Karma
- dīpana (kindling digestive fire)19medhya (intellect-promoting)19rasāyana (rejuvenative)19cakṣuṣya (beneficial for eyes)20anulomana (flatus-normalizing)20
- Parts
- majjan27 · pulp · sweetsnāyu27 · fibres · sourvṛnta27 · stalk · bittertvac27 · skin · pungentasthi27 · seed · astringent
Bhāvaprakāśa Nighaṇṭu · Harītakyādi varga · the small numbers are verse numbers
Straight from the verse
1,750 of 1,846 properties are quoted verbatim from the verse that states them. Nothing paraphrased into a textbook summary.
Every fact has a footnote
The small number beside each rasa, guna or karma is its verse. Click it and the shloka opens.
Sanskrit meets botany
92 of 105 dravyas carry their botanical identity, like Terminalia chebula Retz. for Haritaki, beside the Sanskrit name.
Synonyms untangled
545 synonyms mapped to their dravya, so pathya, abhaya and shiva all lead you to Haritaki.
Cards or a table
Study one dravya in depth, or line them up side by side and compare rasa, virya and vipaka at a glance.
Varieties and parts
The seven varieties of Haritaki, and which part carries which taste, each with its verse.
ayureader.in · Dravya · Haritakyadi varga
Concepts
One concept,
every verse.
Open a concept like Amalaki to see its synonyms, its neighbourhood in the knowledge graph, and the verses that mention it most, ranked.
ayureader.in · Concept · Amalaki
What's inside
More classics on the way.
- शार्ङ्गधरसंहिताSharangadhara SamhitaPharmacy and dosage
- भावप्रकाशनिघण्टुBhavaprakasha NighantuMateria medica
Alongside the Brihat Trayi, these two are being added, with the same word-by-word meanings and translations.
Who it's for
For everyone who reads Ayurveda.
BAMS students
Read the set texts with meaning beside every word. Exam preparation is coming soon.
Teachers
Prepare classes and point students to the exact verse.
Vaidyas
Look up a dravya or a concept and see what the texts say.
Researchers
Trace a concept across texts, with every source cited.
AyuReader is for study, not medical advice. English and Hindi translations are being proofread. Texts come from open sources, credited on ayureader.in.
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What's next
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The classical science of minerals and metals, coming to AyuReader with the same verse-by-verse care and cited sources.
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