Reading List

CLASSICAL AYURVEDIC TEXTS

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

Caraka Samhita. 3rd edition, 3 volumes. Ram Karan Sharma and Vaidya Bhagwan Dash, editors-translators. Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office: Varanasi, India, 1992.

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

Vagbhata, Ashtanga Hridayam. 2 volumes. K. R. Srikantha Murthy, translator. Krishnadas Academy: Varanasi, India, 1991–1992.

GENERAL READING

Frawley, David. Ayurvedic Healing. Morson Publishing: Salt Lake City, 1989.

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.

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

Svoboda, Robert E. Ayurveda: Life, Health, and Longevity. Penguin: London, 1992.

—–. The Hidden Secret of Ayurveda. Pune, India, 1980. Reprint, The Ayurvedic Press: Albuquerque, 1994.

—–. Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution. Geocom Limited: Albuquerque, 1989.

SPECIFIC TOPICS

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

Lad, Dr. Vasant Dattatray. Secrets of the Pulse: The Ancient Art of Ayurvedic Pulse Diagnosis. The Ayurvedic Press: Albuquerque, 1996.

Morningstar, Amadea. The Ayurvedic Cookbook. Wilmot: Lotus Press, 1990.