Charaka

Summary

Charaka is a human^[1]. He was born on +0050-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2]. He worked as a physician^[3], academic^[4], writer^[5], and Ayurvedacharya^[6]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month, #7,138 of 1,000,298).^[7]

Key Facts

• Charaka was born on +0050-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2].
• Charaka held citizenship in Ancient India^[8].
• Charaka's professions included physician^[3].
• Charaka worked as an academic^[4].
• Charaka's professions included writer^[5].
• Charaka worked as an Ayurvedacharya^[6].
• A notable work attributed to Charaka is Charaka Samhita^[9].
• Charaka's religion is recorded as Hinduism^[10].
• Charaka's image is recorded as Charak (cropped).jpg^[11].
• Charaka is recorded as male^[12].
• Charaka's instance of is recorded as human^[13].
• Charaka's ISNI is recorded as 0000000103741101^[14].
• Charaka's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 19918347^[15].
• Charaka's GND ID is recorded as 11951771X^[16].
• Charaka's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82047086^[17].
• Charaka's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14538725d^[18].
• Charaka's IdRef ID is recorded as 079036406^[19].
• Charaka's Commons category is recorded as Charaka^[20].
• Charaka's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q33810 (ori)-Psubhashish-ଚରକ.wav^[21].
• Charaka's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01rdrt^[22].
• Charaka's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as jo2016923250^[23].
• Charaka's work location is recorded as Kashmir^[24].
• Charaka's Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID is recorded as 069495300^[25].
• Charaka's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[26].
• Charaka's languages spoken, written or signed is recorded as Sanskrit^[27].

Body

Origins and Family

Charaka was born on +0050-00-00T00:00:00Z^[2].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include physician^[3], academic^[4], writer^[5], and Ayurvedacharya^[6].

Works and Contributions

A notable work attributed to Charaka is Charaka Samhita^[9]. Things named for him include Charaka Samhita^[28], a literary work^[29], written by him^[30].

Personal Life

Charaka's religion is recorded as Hinduism^[10].

Why It Matters

Charaka ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (234 views/month, #7,138 of 1,000,298).^[7] He has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] He is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Works attributed to him include Charaka Samhita^[33], a literary work^[34], written by him^[35]. Entities named for him include Charaka Samhita^[28], a literary work^[29], written by him^[30].

FAQs

What did Charaka do for work?

Charaka worked as physician^[3], academic^[4], writer^[5], and Ayurvedacharya^[6].