Charak Samhita is one of the Akara Grantha among Brihat Trayee

- Updeshta (Expounder) – Punarvashu Atreya (1000 Yr BC)
- Tantrakarta (Author) – Agnivesha (1000 Yr BC)
- Pratisanskarta (Redactor) – Charak (200 Yr BC)
- Sampurak karta (Supplimentator) – Dridhabala (4th cent. AD)
- Time period – Upnishad kaal
- Charak Samhita is written in the form of 4 types of Sutra :-
- Guru Sutra
- Shisya Sutra
- Pratisanskarta Sutra
- Ekiya Sutra
- 3 persons named as ATREYA came in context in Charak Samhita :-
- Punarvashu Atreya – Also named as Chandrabhagi , In the Charak Sutra sthana Chapter 13 – Snehaadhyay.

2. Krishna Atreya – The name of Krishna Atreya came in the Charak Sutra sthana Chapter 11, i.e. Trieshniya Adhyaya

3. Bhikshu Atreya – Bhikshu Atreya , in the chapter 25 of charak Sutra sthana – Yajjapurushiya adhyay , stated the Kaalwad i.e. kaal is responsible for the origin of the disease.

- Total number of sutra in Charak Samhita :- 9295
- Total number of Yoga in Charak Samhita :- 1949
- Total number of shloka in Charak Samhita :- 12000 ( available = 9498)
- Total number of desha explained :- 14
- Total number of chapter completed by Dridhabala :- 41 chapter ( kalpa sthana 12+ Siddhi Sthana 12 + Chikitsa Sthana 17 = 41)
- Chapters of Chikitsa sthana explained by Acharya Charak
- Rasayan Adhyaya
- Vajikaran
- Jwar Chikitsa
- Rakta pitta Chikitsa
- Gulma Chikitsa
- Prameha Chikitsa
- Kustha Chikitsa
- Rajyakshma Chikitsa
- Arsha Chikitsa (chap – 14)
- Atisar Chikitsa (chap – 19)
- Visarpa Chikitsa ( chap – 21)
- Madatyay Chikitsa (chap – 24)
- Dwivraniya Chikitsa (chap-25)
- Sthana of Charak Samhita :-
Sl. No. | Sthana | No. of Chapters | No. of Sutra |
1. | Sutra | 30 | 1952 |
2. | Nidan | 8 | 247 |
3. | Viman | 8 | 354 |
4. | Sharir | 8 | 382 |
5. | Indriya | 12 | 375 |
6. | Chikitsa | 30 | 4904 |
7. | Kalpa | 12 | 378 |
8. | Siddhi | 12 | 700 |
Total | 120 | 9295 |
- Commentator of Charak Samhita :-
Total No. of Commentary = 41

Speciality of Charak Samhita :-
- Charak Samhita is best among all samhita for Kayachikitsa.

- Upnishad Gadya Pada Shaili.
- Tri Skandha Ayurveda
- Tri Dosha Siddhanta
- Definition of Ayurveda
- Chatuspaad Siddhanta
- Panchmahabhuta Siddhanta
- Sambhasa Parishad/ Rishiparishad
- Shastra Avataran
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