Reading Recommendations & Articles

Modern Texts

Frawley, David. Ayurvedic Healing. 2nd ed., Lotus Press: Twin Lakes, WI, 2000.

Frawley, David, and Vasant Lad. The Yoga of Herbs. Lotus Press: Santa Fe, 1986.

Lad, Vasant. Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing. Lotus Press: Santa Fe, 1984.

Lad, Usha and Dr. Vasant. Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing. 2nd ed. The Ayurvedic Press: Albuquerque, 1997.

Lad, Vasant. Secrets of the Pulse. The Ayurvedic Press: Albuquerque, 1996.

Lad, Vasant. The Textbook of Ayurveda, Volume One. The Ayurvedic Press: Albuquerque, 2002.

Morningstar, Amadea, with Urmila Desai, The Ayurvedic Cookbook. Lotus Press: Santa Fe, 1990.

Morrison, Judith H. The Book of Ayurveda: A Holistic Approach to Health and Longevity. New York: Simon & Schuster Inc., 1995, A Fireside Book.

Svoboda, Robert E. Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity. The Ayurvedic Press: Albuquerque, 2004.

Svoboda, Robert E. The Hidden Secret of Ayurveda. The Ayurvedic Press: Albuquerque, 1997.

Svoboda, Robert E. Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution. Lotus Press: Twin Lakes, WI ,1998.

Classic Texts

THE GREAT THREE AUTHORS

Bhishagratna, Kaviraj Kunjalal, editor-translator. Sushruta Samhita. 4th ed., 2 vols., Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office: Varanasi, India, 1991.

Sharma, Priyavrat V., editor-translator. Caraka Samhita. 4 vols. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office: Varanasi, India, 1981-1994.

Sharma, Ram Karan, and Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, editors-translators. Caraka Samhita. 3d ed., 3 vols. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office: Varanasi, India, 1992.

Srikantha Murthy, K.R., editor-translator. Ashtanga Hridayam by Vagbhata, 2 vols. Krishnadas Academy: Varanasi, India, 1991-1992.

THE MINOR THREE AUTHORS

Murthy, K. R. Srikantha, translator. Sharngadhara Samhita: A Treatise on Ayurveda. Chaukhambha Orientalia: Varanasi, India, 1984.

Srikantha Murthy, K.R., translator. Madhava Nidanam by Madhava Acharyan, Chaukhambha Orientalia: Varanasi, India, 1993.

Srikantha Murthy, K.R., translator. Bhavaprakasha by Bhavamishran, 2 vols. Krishnadas Academy: Varanasi, India, 1998.