Bharadwaja

Sage Bharadwaja is a renowned Vedic figure, whose presence is prominent in many important episodes of mythology. He is one of the three original vaidyans [physicians] to receive Ayurvedic knowledge from the Chief of all Gods, Indra. His disciple Punarvasu Ätreya founded a school of thought that focused on Kayachikitsa (general medicine). His most famous disciple is Charaka, author of the Charaka Samhita, the oldest surviving medicinal treatise on Ayurveda.

He was the father of Dronacharya, the tutor of the Kauravas and the Pandavas, the main characters in the great Indian epic, Mahabharata. He is also the grandfather of Ashwatthama, one of the seven Chiranjivis [immortals] of Hinduism who are destined to roam the world until the end of the current Kali Yuga. Throughout mythology, he is considered an important physician and a key influence on medicinal practices that have gained popular acceptance in Indian society.

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