Practical health (vyavahara svasthya)

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Names and synonyms

Sanskrit: व्यवहारस्वास्थ्य
Hindi: व्यवहार स्वास्थ्यव्यावहारिक स्वास्थ्यशारीरिक स्वास्थ्य
English: Practical healthpractical healthbodily healthvyavahara svasthya
Romanized: vyavahara svasthya

What the text says

Each statement reports the source, with its chapter, page and verse. Traditional descriptions are not presented as proven medical facts.

Definition4

The editor reports the author's definition of practical (vyāvahārika) health: balance in the body's seven dhātus, agni and the doṣas vāta, pitta and the rest, clarity of the senses, joy of the mind and a body free of disease.
Front matter · p. 26IntroductionTraditional description
Note: The sentence runs on to the top of p.27.
The verse defines practical health as balanced fire and tissues, freedom from dosha disturbance, good clarity of excretion, self and senses, and a calm mind at all times.
Chapter 2 · p. 13 · v. 4Sanskrit verseTraditional description
The commentary lists the marks of practical health as balanced digestive fire, balanced tissues, absence of vāta and other disorders, proper elimination of faeces and urine, and clarity of the self, senses and mind.
Chapter 2 · p. 13 · v. 4Hindi commentaryTraditional description
A footnote cites Vāgbhaṭa: one whose doshas, digestive fire, tissues and excretory functions are balanced and whose self, senses and mind are clear is called healthy.
Chapter 2 · p. 13 · v. 4FootnoteTraditional description

Classification1

Practical (vyavahāra) health is called secondary to ultimate health.
Chapter 2 · p. 13 · v. 2Hindi commentaryTraditional description

Discussed in topics3

Marks of practical healthव्यवहार स्वास्थ्य के लक्षण The kinds of healthस्वास्थ्य के भेद 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 4 times on 3 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.