WORD AYURVEDA HAS TWO ROOTS 1. AYUR —— LIFE 2. VEDA —— KNOWLEDGE OR SCIENCE AYURVEDA IS SCIENCE OF LIFE IT IS INDIA’S VEDIC WISDOM IN HEALTH & MEDICINE

1. Prof. Raj Kumar Sharma
Principal,
Dayanand Ayurvedic College, Jalandhar.
Mob. : +91 9814204443, rajkumarayurveda@yahoo.com
IS
TO CREATE BALANCE OR EQUILIBIRUM OF BODY BIOCHEMSITY
AYURVEDIC CONECPT OF TOTAL HEALTH

2. • WORD AYURVEDA HAS TWO ROOTS
1. AYUR —— LIFE
2. VEDA —— KNOWLEDGE OR SCIENCE
• AYURVEDA IS SCIENCE OF LIFE
• IT IS INDIA’S VEDIC WISDOM IN HEALTH & MEDICINE.
WHAT IS LIFE?
• LIFE IS EXTERNAL MANIFESTATION OF BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS GOING ON
INSIDE THE BODY.
• BIOCHEMICAL REACTIONS ARE DIFFERENT FROM CHEMICAL REACTIONS
BY AN ELEMENT OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND SUPER INTELLIGENCE LIKE
THINKING, PERCEPTION, REACTION, BIO-FEED BACK.
WHAT IS AYURVEDA ?

3. WHAT IS PURPOSE OF LIFE ?
• IN AYURVEDA SPIRITUAL ACHIEVEMENT IS CONSIDERED AS
ULTIMATE GOAL OF LIFE, THROUGH DHARMA, ARTH,
YASH & MOKSHA
• DHARMA IS RIGHTFULNESS
• ARTH IS MEANS OR RESOURCES FOR SURVIVAL
• YASH IS SOCIAL AND MUNDANE ACHIEVEMENTS
• MOKHSA IS SALVATION

4. AYURVEDIC DEFINITION OF HEALTH
STATE OF HEALTH IN AYURVEDA IS HOLISTIC IN NATURE
IT HAS BEEN DEFINED AND EXPLAINED THROUGH A SANSKRIT SHALOKA
“SAM DOSHA, SAM AGNI, SAM DHATU, SAM MALKRIYA
PRASANN ATMA, INDRIYA, MANA, SWASTH ITI VIDHIYATE ”
• EACH WORD OF THIS SHALOKA HAS DEEP, VAST AND
MYSTIC MEANING , WHICH NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED AND
DECODED FOR THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF
AYURVEDIC CONCEPT OF TOTAL HEALTH.

5. – IT HAS TWO ROOTS
1. SAM 2. DOSHA
– SAM — MEANS BALANCED OR EQUILIBRIUM.
– DOSHA — THESE ARE BASIC CONSTITUENTS OF BODY
WHICH WHEN OUT OF BALANCE i.e. INCREASED OR
DECREASED IS A STATE OF DISEASE AND WHEN
BALANCED IS A STATE OF HEALTH
– THESE ARE ANALOGOUS TO BIOCHEMISTRY OF BODY. FOR
EASY UNDERSTANDING THEY ARE GROUPED INTO THREE
CATEGORIES CALLED —
1. VATA 2. PITA 3. KAFA
SAM DOSHA

6. • AYURVEDA CONSIDERS HEALTHY STATE OF BODY WITH BALANCED VATA
PITA & KAFA DOSHA FEATURE. UNBALANCED STATE OF THESE DOSHA IS
CALLED A STATE OF ILLNESS.
THEY ALSO PRODUCE THREE BASIC PERSONALTIS ORTHEY ALSO PRODUCE THREE BASIC PERSONALTIS OR
BODY TYPES HAVING DIFFERENT FEATURESBODY TYPES HAVING DIFFERENT FEATURES

7. BODY NATURE EVALUATION FORMBODY NATURE EVALUATION FORM
VATA TYPEVATA TYPE
Total Score
1. I perform activities very quickly 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
2. I have a thin physique-I don’t gain
weight very easily.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3. I have always learned new things
very quickly.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
4. I tend to have difficulty making
decisions.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
5. I tend to develop gas and become
constipated easily.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
6. I tend to have cold hands and feet. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7. I become anxious or worried
frequently.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
8. If some body asks me which colour
do you like, I will say white and
black, or will say all colours or can
not comment.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9. I often have difficulty falling asleep
or having a sound night’s sleep.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
10. I learn quickly, but I also forget
quickly
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Does not apply Applies Sometimes Applies Most Times

8. Does not apply Applies Sometimes Applies Most Times
Total Score
PITTA TYPE
1. I Feel uncomfortable or become easily fatigue in
hot weather-more so then other people.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
2. I tend to perspire easily. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3. If skip a meal or a meal is delayed, I become
uncomfortable.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
4. One or more of the following characteristics
describes my hair:
•Early graying or balding.
•Thin, fine , straight.
•Blond, red, or sandy-coloured
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
5. I am, very regular in my bowel habits- it would be
more common for me to have loose stools than to
be constipated.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
6. I get angry quite easily, but then I quickly forget
about it.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7. I am very fond of cold foods such as ice-cream,
and also ice cold drinks.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
8. I don’t tolerate foods that are very hot and spicy. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9. I enjoy challenges, and when I want something I
am very determined in my efforts to get it.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
10
.
If some body asks me which colour do you like
most, my choice will be green, orange,yellow.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

9. KAPHA TYPE
Does not apply Apply
sometime
Apply most of
the time
Total Score
1. My natural tendecy is to do things in slow and
relaxed fashion.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
2. I gain weight more easily than most people and
lose it more slowly.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
3. I must get atleast eight hours of sleep in order to be
comfertable the next day.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
4. I sleep very deeply. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
5. I am calm by nature and not easily angered. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
6. I don’t learn as quickly as some people, but I have
excellent retention and A long memory.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
7. Weather that is cool damp bothers me. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
8. I have a large, solid body build. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
9. I have a tendency toward oversleeping, and
grogginess upon awakening , and am generally
slow to get going in the morning.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
10. If some body asks me which colour do you like,
my choice will be violet, blue, red
0 1 2 3 4 5 6

10. FINAL SCORE
VATA SCORE
PITTA SCORE
KAPHA SCORE

11. IT HAS AGAIN TWO ROOTS
1. SAM 2. AGANI
SAM— MEANS BALANCED / EQUILEBRIUM
AGNI—MEAN FIRE, IT IS NOT LIKE FIRE FROM MATCH STICK BUT IT IS
BODY FIRE
WHICH HAS POWER OF CONVERSION FROM ONE FORM TO OTHER .
IT IS ANALOGOUS TO HEAT THAT CAN CONVERT
ICE WATER VAPOURS
ONE OF BODY FIRE IS CALLED JATHARAGANI ALSO CALLED DIGESTIVE FIRE.
IT CAN CONVERT NON LIVING FOOD INTO HIGHLY ASSIMILABLE FORM WHICH
BECOMES LIVING INSIDE BODY CELLS AND STARTS.
» THINKING IN BRAIN
» PULSATING IN HEART
» GASSES EXCHANGE IN LUNGS
» FILTERATION IN KIDNEYS
SAMAGANI

12. • AYURVEDA DESCRIBE FEW MORE AGNIS CALLED
DHATU AGNIS ANALOGOUS TO VARIOUS ENZYMES,
HORMONES, VITAMINS, SECRETIONS ETC.
• HAVING CAPABILITY TO BRING VARIOUS METABOLIC CHANGES.
• BODY AGANIES IF BALANCED GIVE HEALTH, OTHERWISE GIVE
STATE OF ILL HEALTH OR DISEASE.
• AYURVEDA PHYSICIANS BRINGS BODY AGANIES TO NORMAL
LEVEL THROUGH FOOD, LIVING STYLE AND HERBOMINERAL
MEDICINES.

13. AGAIN
SAM MEANS — BALANCED / EQUILIBRIUM
• DHATU MEANS BODY ANATOMY / STRUCTURE –
AYURVEDA DESCRIBES SEVEN STRUCTURES (DHATUS)
RAS, RAKT, MANS, MEDH, ASTHI, MAJJA, SHUKRA
• ANATOMY / STRUCTURE CONSIST OF CELLS, TISSUES,
ORGANS AND SYSTEMS.
• BALANCED OR NORMAL STATE OF THESE IS CALLED
HEALTH AND ABNORMAL STATE IS CALLED DISEASE,
e.g. TUMOURS, ENLARGEMENTS, ATROPHIES,
HYPERTROPHIES, DYSTROPHIES ETC.
SAM DHATU

14. • SAM MEANS — BALANCED
• MALKRIYA — MAL + KRIYA
• MAL — MEANS WASTE PRODUCTS / EXCRETIONS
• KRIYA MEANS FUNCTIONING
• SAM MALKRIYA — BALANCED (NORMAL) EXCRETORY
SYSTEMS OF URINE, STOOLS, SWEATING ETC.
• IT EXPELS OUT WASTE PRODUCTS FROM BODY
PRODUCED DURING METABOLISM, DIGESTION ETC.
SAM MALKRIYA

15. • PRASAN — MEANS — CONTENTED / HAPPY / SATISFIED
• PRASANN ATMA (SPIRIT) — IT IS A SPIRITUAL STATE
BEYOND MUNDANE LEVELS WHERE THERE IS ABSOLUTE
HAPPINESS, INDESCRIBABLE THROUGH BODILY FEELINGS
OR WORDS, IT IS SERENITY, BLISS, ENDING OF TIME,
SPACE ABSOLUTE EMPTINESS OF KARMAS
• TO BE HEALTHY THERE NEEDS TO BE A STATE OF SPIRITUAL
ACHIEVEMENT WHERE GAINS & LOSS, SORROW &
HAPPINESS ETC DO NOT MATTER
PRASANN ATMA

16. PRASANN — HAPPY / PLEASED / SATISFIED
• INDRIYA MANA-SENSE ORGANS AND THEIR MASTER
MIND
• HYPO, HYPER & WRONG CONTACT OF SENSE ORGANS
WITH THEIR OBJECTS IS STATE OF DISEASE
BALANCED CONTACT OF SENSE ORGANS WITH THEIR
OBJECTS RESULTS INTO STATE OF HEALTH
1. SKIN 2. TONGUE 3. EAR
4. NOSE 5. EYE
PRASANN INDRIYA MANN

17. • WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (W. H. O.) DEFINITION
OF HEALTH i.e. HEALTH IS A STATE OF COMPLETE
PHYSICAL MENTAL AND SOCIAL WELL BEING AND NOT
MERELY ABSENCE OF DISEASE OR INFIRMITY
• IS SURPRISINGLY ALMOST THE SAME AS DESCRIBED
IN SHALOKA
SAM DOSHA, SAM AGANI, SAM DHATU SAM MALKRIYA
PRASANN ATMA INDRIYA MANA, SWASTH ITI VIDHI YATA.

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