Q. Sharangdhar Samhita is a literature that provides knowledge about which of the following traditional medicinal system?
Answer: Ayurveda
Notes: Sharangdhar Samhita is a literature which deals with the knowledge about Ayurveda. It was written around A.D. 1300. Sharangdhar Samhita consists of 32 chapters with 2600 verses. Pandit Parshuram Shastri was the first author who published Sharangdhar Samhita. The Ayurvedic literature highlighted the concept of polyherbalism to achieve greater therapeutic efficacy. In India, about 15,000 medicinal plants have been recorded, which are used for Ayurvedic medicines. In Ayurveda, single or multiple herbs (polyherbal) are used for the treatment. There are eight branches of Ayurveda.