Is the  Ayurvedam, Upavedam to

the Adharvana Vedam ?

Upa means nearer or close to something.

The most ancient medical science,

 the Ayurveda is also one of the

branches to the Vedam.

The Veda means the utmost knowledge.

To obtain the Nector (Amrutam) from

the Ksheerasagaram ( the ocean of milk),

the ksheerasagara madhanam was done

by the Suras and Asuras ( Deities and the Demons)

 which was advised by the Lord Sreemannaarauama.

  Hence the ksheerasagara

 madhanam was started.

At that time before generating the Nector,

 so many celestial things were produced from it.

At the same time, the Deity  Dhanwantari ,

 who came out from the Ksheerasaagaram

and handed over a celestial medicine

(Divya Oushadham,  which does not

 give the birth and death )to the Devataas.

The Deity Dhanwantari gave that

Panchama vedam which is called as

Ayurvedam  to the God, Sree Brahma.

Afterwards, the same Ayurvedam was

 transferred to Daksha Prajapati from

the Lord Sree Brahma and again it 

 was transferred from the Daksha Prajapati 

to the Deity Aswini’s sons.

They are known as Aswini Devatas.

After that, the Sage, Bharadwaja

( Sree Bharadwaja Maharshi) studied

the Ayurveda Sastram in the Devalokam

and  had taught  the secrets of that

Ayurveda Sastramto the Atreya Maharshi.

In the same guidance of Sree Bharadwaja Maharshi ,

 the deity Agnivesah learned the Ayurvedam

and he ( the Agnivesa)  wrote the

Ayurveda Grandham  in detal.

The gretest grandhas had been  come

 from the Ayurveda Sastram.

Such a divine knowledgeable grandham

which is Ayurvedam is the branch of the

 Veda that is also known as Upavedam.

But, it is also  known the Ayurvedam was the

 branch of Krushna Yajurvedam.