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@article{171874,
        author = {Abhay Arjun Lahane and De Vijay Patil},
        title = {CONTRIBUTION OF ANCIENT AYURVEDA TEXTS IN AGADTANTRA:A REVIEW.},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {8},
        pages = {1375-1377},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=171874},
        abstract = {Ayurveda is considered as one of the ancient health care system. atharva  veda is mainly deals with extensive ayurvedic information.Agada tantra is branch of Ayurveda toxicology under the heading of Ashtang Ayurveda which encompasses science of poisons, types of poison from plants, minerals, animal kingdom as well as artificial poisons prepared from poisonous drugs and their treatment. The Agada tantra or ancient toxicology mainly founded by Kashyapa who was the great saint of ancient time. The disciple of Kashyapa was treated as royal Vaidyas since they used to saves life of royal family members from the poisonous conditions. Ayurveda advocated uses of many antidotes against the symptoms of poisoning resulting from the insects, snakes, spiders and rodents bites, etc. The information about poisons and their management carried forward from the ancient time and knowledge has been updated time by time. Considering this fact present article put an emphasis on contribution of ancient ayurveda texts towards the evolution of Agada tantra. This article summarized key points of Ayurveda Samhitas W.S.R. to Agada tantra.},
        keywords = {Ayurveda, Agada tantra, Samhitas, Toxicology, Vedic, Texts.},
        month = {January},
        }