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Charaka Charaka was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in ancient India. He is known as a physician who edited the medical treatise entitled ''Charaka Samhita'', one of the foundational texts of ...

(), an ancient Indian physician **

Charaka Samhita The ''Charaka Samhita'' () is a Sanskrit text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine). Along with the '' Sushruta Samhita'', it is one of the two foundational texts of this field that have survived from ancient India. It is one of the three w ...

, the foundational text of the Indian medical system of Ayurveda written by Charaka **

Charaka shapath Charaka shapath (or, Charaka oath) is a certain passage of text in Charaka Samhita, a Sanskrit text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine) believed to have been composed between 100 BCE and 200 CE. The passage referred to as Charaka Shapath is w ...

or Charaka oath, a set of instructions for students of medicine, the well-being of the patient etc. (cf. Hippocratic Oath) *

Caraka-Katha A shakha () is a Hindu theological school that specializes in learning certain Vedic texts, or else the traditional texts followed by such a school.V. S. Apte. A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary, p. 913, left column.Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-Engli ...

, a school of the

Black Yajurveda The ''Yajurveda'' (, , from यजुस्, "worship", and वेद, "knowledge") is the Veda primarily of prose mantras for worship rituals.Michael Witzel (2003), "Vedas and Upaniṣads", in ''The Blackwell Companion to Hinduism'' (Edito ...

in Hinduism, founded by the Carakas (wanderers) *

Charak Palika Hospital Charak Palika Hospital a government hospital maintained by the New Delhi Municipal Council New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC; ISO: ''Naī Dillī Nagarapālikā Pariṣad'') is the municipal council of the city of New Delhi, Delhi, India. I ...

, a hospital in New Delhi, India *

Charak Puja Charak Puja or Pachamara Mela (also known as ''Chadak'', ''Nil Puja'' or ''Hajrha Puja'') is part of the Hindu folk festival of Gajan_(festival), Gajan, held in honor of the deity Shiva or Dharmathakur. The Gajan festival includes numerous form ...

, a folk festival of Bengal, last day of the festival of Gajan dedicated to Shiva * Charak, Yarkant County, Yarkant County, Kashgar Prefecture, Xinjiang *

Bandar Charak Bandar Charak () is a coastal city in, and the capital of, Shibkaveh District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan province, Iran. It also serves as the administrative center for Bandar Charak Rural District. Demographics Language More tha ...

, a city in Iran *

Charak, Bushehr Charak () is a village in Khvormuj Rural District of the Central District in Dashti County, Bushehr province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It bord ...

, a village in Iran

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