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Maharshi
Charaka
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Charaka monument in the Patanjali campus, India.
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Charaka
c. 100 BCE |
| Died | c. 200 CE |
| Known for | Charaka Samhita |
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| Fields | Medicine |
Charaka (Sanskrit: चरक, romanized: Caraka, fl. c. 100 BCE – 200 CE) was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in Ancient India. He is known as the compiler or editor (Sanskrit: प्रतिसंस्कर्ता, romanized: pratisaṁskartā) of the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita (Sanskrit: चरकसंहिता, romanized: Carakasaṁhitā). The treatise that Charaka compiled is one of the foundational treatises of classical Indian medicine and is regarded one among the Brihat-Trayee (the Greatest - trio) of Ayurveda (Sanskrit: आयुर्वेद, romanized: āyurvēda).
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In Spanish: Cháraka para niños
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