Madanpala Nighantu is one of the most important lexicons of ayurveda on which no translation is attempted in the past four decades. Madanapala Nighantu is the connecting link between the early nighantu works like Dhanvantari Nighantu and the modern nighantu works like Bhavaprakasa Nighantu. Owing to this importance, it is being translated along with extensive English commentary for the first time. The author did provide the antecedence of each of the herbs basing on the information from the classical texts (Brhat trayi) as well as comparison with the other lexicon works (Nighanus). Madanapala introduced many new harbs to Materia Medica. Author made careful review of several herbs and identified them botanically with specific reasoning. Scientific explanation on many of the Mamasa varga dravyas (animal meat) is fascinating to many. Extensive information is provided on the identity of the concerned animals. This is the first lexicon translation with Illustrations, making it unique among the existing translation works on nighantus. This work received “Veda Vyasa Award” from AAPNA, USA under the best author category in the field of Ayurveda for the year 2010.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.L.N. Sastry
Dr. J.L.N. Sastry hails from a traditional Ayurvedia family. He is born at Narasapuram (W.G. Dist., Andhra Pradesh) on 06-07-1965). He had School studies at Kakinada (E.G. Dist., A.P.) and passed B.A.M.S. in 1989 from Dr. N.R.S. Govt. Ayu. College, Vijayawada (A.P.) IN FIRST CLASS. He completed M.D. (Ay.) in Dravya Guna Speciality from Dr. B.R.K.R. Govt. Ayur. College, Hyderabad in 1998 October. He stood first in A.P.P.S.C. selection (January 1990) and worked as Med. Officer (Ayu.) for Govt. of A.P. in the Indianj Medicine & Homoeopathy Dept., (1992-99). Between 1998-99 he acted as Research Projects Coordinator at the Govt. Research Dept. of Ayurveda, Hyderabad. He stood first at the UPSC (1998) and joined as Medical Officer (Ay.) inj CGHS, Chennai in June 1999. The author is the recipient of two gold medals from Nagarjuna Univ. (A.P.) for the merit shown during B.A.M.S. (1988). The author presented several clinical and scientific papers at Regional, National and International seminars. He had more than 15 publications in standard journals and also published several articles in newspapers. Author also had given Radio-talks and given guest lectures at various prestigious institutes (both Ayurvedic & Modern Medicine). He published a book 40 Years of research in Ayurveda in A.P. (on behalf of grda, Hyderabad).
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