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Bhavamishra

Physician and compiler of materia medica

What they did

The Bhavaprakasha Nighantu classifies drugs by source and action, records their properties, preparation and dosage, and the incompatibilities to avoid — a pharmacopoeia arranged for teaching.

The text

Bhavaprakasha Nighantu

When

Sixteenth century CE · century · probable
Placed by the works it cites and those that cite it

Where

Unknown or disputed.

Where it maps in modern education

Pharmacy and pharmacology — Dravyaguna and Rasashastra. Materia medica, preparation and dosage forms, purification of metals and minerals for internal use, incompatibility and toxicity.

Evidence: probable · no modern scholarly reference recorded yet.