Contribution of Andhra to ayurveda in Sanskrit.

In the field of medicine, Andhras contributed both in Sanskrit and Telugu. The region of Andhra evolved a special type of approach to the science of life combining the traditions and practices of North and South. From the early centuries of the Christian era, rasavada or the science of medicine with special stress on mercurial preparations became popular in the South. while classical method of treatment of the Atreya School was PJPuJar in the North. The tradition and art of treatment of Siddhas spread in the South from the time of Agastya and Nagarjuna. The Andhra region was a channel for the movements of scholars and traders between North and South. Apart from this. Andhra had, for a long period, sea ports like Motupalli, Vadarevu etc., which w~re big centres of trade with foreign countries. On account of this, people of various regions of the sub-continent used to pass through Andhra region. This made the Andhra physicians come into contact with the physrcians of different regions and consequently there was evolved a tradition of their own embodying the best of both the classical medicine as we.l as rasasampradaya.