About Agnivesa

Agnivesha is a legendary rishi (sage), reputedly one of the earliest authors on Ayurveda. He was a pupil of Punarvasu Atreya. The Agnivesh tantra, or Agnivesha Samhita, is based on Atreya's teachings and is a lost text on Ayurveda. It was the foundational text of the Agnivesha school, one of the six schools of early Ayurveda.