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DEFINITION OF AYURVEDA---SUTRA 30/31—ATHE DASHMAHAAMOOLIYA CHAPTER

----AYURVEDA IS – BY WHICH THE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT AYU (LIFE) IS GAINED. GOOD AND BAD QUALITIES BOTH ARE SYMPTOMS OF LIFE. 

THROUGH AYURVEDA WE KNOW ABOUT GOOD AND BAD QUALITIES OF SHARIR (BODY), VRITI (FOODS ETC), HETU (CAUSES OF UNHAPPINESS), VYADHI (DISEASES), KARMA (CHIKITSA - TREATMENTS), KAARYA (AROGYA - HEALTH), KAAL (SEASONS ETC & PPROPER TIME OF UNDERTAKING TREATMENTS), KARTA (CHIKITSAK - PHYSICIAN), KARAN (MEDICINE), VIDHI (METHODS OF USING THE TREATMENTS).

Vaidya Pawan Madaan