Kashyapa Samhita

Kashyap Samhitā (Devanagari कश्यप संहिता, also Kashyapa, Kasyap, Kasyapa), also known as Vriddha Jivakiya Tantra is a treatise on Ayurveda attributed to the sage Kashyapa.

[1] It is dependent upon the works of the Ayuvedic practitioner Charaka.

[2] In contemporary practice of Ayurveda, it is often consulted in the fields of Ayuvedic pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics.

[3] It is also part of the Ayurveda teaching syllabus, especially in Kaumarabhritya Balaroga.

[4] The treatise was translated into Chinese during the Middle Ages.