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Bhootavidya or Grahachikitsa (भूतविद्या ग्रहचिकित्सा वा) (view source)
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Pauranika period
Pauranika period
A legend regarding the origin of Bhutas narrates that soon after the creation of the Universe and division of duties amoAg the Hindu Triad (Brahm a, Vishnu and Maheswara) Maheswara or Isvara, the Lord of destruction came to have one thousand Ganas and another thousand Bhutas as His attendants. In order to punish the wicked among men, the Lord created one thousand diseases and when the Bhlltas demanded food He directed them to descend on earth and by inflicting diseases and hardships on the sinners and non-believers obtain food by way of propitiation. The legend also brings in the soothsayers and astrologers as persons capable of divining the causes for disease and hardships and directing the sufferers to propitiate the Bhutas, in a way, to act as the human agents for supplying food to the Bhutas. The legend proceeds to state that the Lord Himself assigned various names to the Bhutas and also allotted definite tracts such as the southern countries and kingdoms as their abode and promised to send a few more Bhutas later on from the northern and eastern parts of the country.<ref name=":0">[http://lsi.gov.in:8081/jspui/bitstream/123456789/6124/1/42714_1971_BHU.pdf Special Study Report on Bhuta Cult in South Kanara District, Series-14,Mysore] </ref>
An objective assessment of this legend indicate\S that it is an attempt to integrate the pre-existing concept of Bhutas into the Hindu religious fold.. In the Hindu Mythology one of the names of Isvara or Pasupathi is given as Bhutanatha, the Lord of all Bhutas and Ganas. This. in a way, supports the above mentioned view that Bhuta cult was assimilated into Brahmanical Hinduism by treating the Bhutas as spirits which are subordinate to Lord Ishvara.<ref name=":0" />
== Bhutavidya in different compendium and treaties of Ayurveda ==
== Bhutavidya in different compendium and treaties of Ayurveda ==