Rajamartanda – A Literary Treasure On Monoherbal Therapies.

Rajamartanda is one of the important texts of Indian traditional medical literature. It is believed to be a work of 11th century AD by King Bhoja. This text was also called by the name Yogasara Sangraha or Nanavidha yogasara sangraha. The subject contents were described in 34 chapters starting with Sirorogadhikara and ending in Pasurogadhikara. The author of Rajamartanda included many single and simple recipes useful in different disease conditions. A total of about 226 monoherbal therapies can be seen in this work. Instead of using the habitual way of explaining jvara chikitsa primarily like other Ayurvedic compendia, here the author commenced its first chapter as sirorogadhikara. The importance of Rajamartanda cannot be ignored in the field of Ayurvedic ministration.