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== Ayurveda Avatarana ==
== Ayurveda Avatarana ==
Being an upaveda of Atharvaveda, Ayurveda also does not belong to any specific author but considered to be Sanatana or Shasvata.
Being an upaveda of Atharvaveda, Ayurveda also does not belong to any specific author but considered to be Sanatana or Shasvata. <blockquote>तदिदं शाश्वतं पुण्यं स्वर्ग्यं यशस्यमायुष्यं वृत्तिकरं चेति ।। (Sush. Samh. 1.19)<ref>Sushruta Samhita ([https://sa.wikisource.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D/%E0%A4%85%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A5%A6%E0%A5%A7-%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AB Sutrasthana Adhyaya 1])</ref></blockquote>
(ref: of shashwatatwa.. su.soo. 1/17).
However various Ayurveda samhitas (Compendia) describe interesting mythological tales about origin, descent and spread of Ayurveda on earth. There are 2 main paramparas (traditions) described to apprise the transfer of knowledge of Ayurveda from gods to human beings and this is termed as ‘Ayurveda avatarana’ (आयुर्वेदावतरण).
However various Ayurveda samhitas (Compendia) describe interesting mythological tales about origin, descent and spread of Ayurveda on earth. There are 2 main paramparas (traditions) described to apprise the transfer of knowledge of Ayurveda from gods to human beings and this is termed as ‘Ayurveda avatarana’ (आयुर्वेदावतरण).