Ayurveda is the science that live long time.in Sanskrit, and literally means "Knowledge of Life".History
Around 1500 BC, ayurveda's fundamental and applied principles got organized and enunciated. Ayurveda traces its origins to the Vedas, Atharvan Veda in particular, and is connected to Hindu religion. Atharvaveda (one of the four most ancient books of Indian knowledge, wisdom and culture Veda, yagur Veda, saman Veda & atharvan Veda) contains 114 hymns or formulations for the treatment of diseases. Ayurveda originated in and developed from these hymns. In this sense, ayurveda is considered by some to have divine origin. Indian medicine has a long history, and is one of the oldest organized systems of medicine. Its earliest concepts are set out in the sacred writings called the Vedas, especially in the metrical passages of the Atharvaveda, which may possibly date as far back as the 2nd millennium BC. According to a later writer, the system of medicine was received by Dhanvantari & Atharwan from Brahma
Dhanvantari was deified as the god of surgon medicine. In later times his status was gradually reduced, until he was credited with having been an earthly king. The Sushruta Sanhita of Sushrutaappeared during the 1st millennium BC. The main vehicle of the transmission of knowledge during that period was by oral method. The language used was Sanskrit — the Vedic language of that period (2000–500 BC). The most authentic compilation of his teachings and work is presently available in a treatise called Sushruta Sanhita. This contains 184 chapters and description of 1,120 illnesses, 700 medicinal plants, 64 preparations from mineral sources and 57 preparations based on animal sources.
Other early works of ayurveda include the Charaka Sanhita, attributed to Charaka. The student of agniwesha.agniwesha is a student of athreya rshi.The earliest surviving excavated written material which contains the works of Sushruta is the Bower Manuscript, dated to the 4th century AD. The Bower manuscript quotes directly from Sushruta and is of special interest to historians due to the presence of Indian medicine and its concepts in Central Asia. Vagbhata, the son of a senior doctor by the name of Simhagupta also compiled his works on traditional medicine. Early ayurveda had a school of physicians and a school of surgeons. Tradition holds that the text Agnivesh tantra, written by the sage Agnivesh, a student of the sage Bharadwaja, influenced the writings of ayurveda.
The Chinese pilgrim Fa Hsien (ca. 337–422 AD) wrote about the health care system of the Gupta Empire (320–550) and described the institutional approach of Indian medicine, also visible in the works of Charaka, who mentions a clinic and how it should be equipped. Madhava (fl. 700), Sarngadhara (fl. 1300), and Bhavamisra (fl. 1500) compiled works on Indian medicine. The medical works of both Sushruta and Charaka were translated into the Arabic, Hindi & Sinhalese language during the Abbasid Caliphate (ca. 750). These Arabic works made their way into Europe via intermediaries
Ayurveda all so came with Buddhism.In Sri Lanka
§ Institute of Indigenous Medicine affiliated to University of Colombo
§ Gampaha Wickramarachchi Ayurveda Institute affiliated to University of Kelaniya
