K Chandrasekharan Nair¹*, MV Anil Kumar² and Pradeep Dathan³

¹Professor Emeritus, Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental College, Akathumuri, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
²Superintendent and Professor, Women and Child Care Hospital, Govt Ayurveda, College, Poojappura, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
³Professor and Head of the Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental, College, Akathumuri, Thiruvavananthapuram, Kerala, India

*Corresponding Author: K Chandrasekharan Nair, Professor Emeritus, Department of Prosthodontics, Sri Sankara Dental College, Akathumuri, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.

Received: October 03, 2022; Published: October 18, 2022

Abstract

Kashyap Samhita, an ancient classic ayurvedic text mainly deals with the care of children, their diseases and treatment. It also elaborates child nutrition, development, psychology and ideal physical and mental characteristics. It is undoubtedly the most authoritative text of Kaumarabhritya (Paediatrics). 20th chapter of suthrasthana of Kashyapa Samhita, deals with tooth eruption (Danta janmikam). This is the only source book on embryology of teeth in Ayurveda which would have been in greater depths, if we had the text in its complete original form.

Keywords: Kashyapa; Kashyapa Samhita; Kaumarabrithyam; Danta Janmikam; Vriddha Jivakiya Thantram

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Citation

Citation: K Chandrasekharan Nair., et al. “Sage Kashyapa - Master of Dental Anatomy and Embryology".Acta Scientific Dental Sciences 6.11 (2022): 135-138.

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