Ultimate health (paramartha svasthya)

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: परमार्थस्वास्थ्यपारमार्थिक स्वास्थ्य
Hindi: परमार्थ स्वास्थ्यपारमार्थिक स्वास्थ्यमोक्ष रूपी स्वास्थ्य
English: Ultimate healthultimate healthspiritual healthparamartha svasthya
Romanized: paramartha svasthya

What the text says

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Definition3

The editor reports that the author distinguishes ultimate (pāramārthika) health from practical health, and defines ultimate health as the imperishable, supra-sensory and unequalled bliss of the soul that arises from the destruction of the eight karmas, such as the karma that veils knowledge (jñānāvaraṇa).
Front matter · p. 26IntroductionTraditional description
The verse describes ultimate health as born of the destruction of all karmas, most wonderful, final and without equal, beyond the senses and sought by those who know the truth.
Chapter 2 · p. 13 · v. 3Sanskrit verseTraditional description
The commentary says the supersensory bliss of liberation, arising from the destruction of all the soul's karmas, wondrous, final, unequalled and sought by the learned, is called ultimate health.
Chapter 2 · p. 13 · v. 3Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Classification1

Of the two kinds of health taught by the Jina, ultimate (pāramārthika) health is called the primary one.
Chapter 2 · p. 13 · v. 2Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Discussed in topics4

Marks of ultimate healthपरमार्थ स्वास्थ्य के लक्षण The kinds of healthस्वास्थ्य के भेद The special character of Jain medical worksजैन वैद्यक ग्रन्थों की विशेषता The two kinds of healthस्वास्थ्य के भेद

Questions2

What two kinds of health does chapter 2 describe, and what are the marks of practical health?द्वितीय परिच्छेद में स्वास्थ्य के कौन से दो भेद बताए गए हैं और व्यवहार स्वास्थ्य के लक्षण क्या हैं?What two purposes of medicine and what two kinds of health does the editor report from the work?सम्पादक ग्रन्थ के अनुसार वैद्यक शास्त्र के कौन से दो प्रयोजन और स्वास्थ्य के कौन से दो भेद बताते हैं?

Sessions2

Conception and the growing embryoगर्भोत्पत्तिलक्षण Introduction and table of contentsप्रस्तावना एवं विषयानुक्रमणिका

Where else is this mentioned?

Named 5 times on 2 pages. These are automatic name matches, so a few may refer to something else with the same name.

Questions and answers

What two purposes of medicine and what two kinds of health does the editor report from the work?

Medicine protects the health of the healthy and frees the sick from disease (chapter 1, verse 24). Health is ultimate (pāramārthika), the imperishable bliss of the soul, or practical (vyāvahārika), the balance of the dhātus, agni and doṣas with clear senses, a joyful mind and a disease-free body.

Detailed answer and sources

What two kinds of health does chapter 2 describe, and what are the marks of practical health?

Ultimate (pāramārthika) health, the bliss of liberation, which is primary, and practical (vyavahāra) health, which is secondary; practical health means balanced digestive fire and tissues, undisturbed doshas, proper elimination of wastes and a clear self, senses and mind.