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Answer
Study question (generated from the text)
'Veda', from the root vid (knowledge, reflection, gain), means what reveals the true nature of things, and joined with 'āyus' it names the science of life. Its purpose is to protect the health of the healthy and to free the sick from disease.
Detailed answer
Verse 19 and its commentary say the science is called Ayurveda because it sets out wholesome and unwholesome, happy and unhappy life, the signs and measure of life span and the substances good or bad for life. Verse 24 says the science exists to benefit the world and has two aims: protecting the health of the healthy and releasing the sick from disease.
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Quick facts
- Content type
- Question
- Source pages with records
- 2
- Pages naming it
- 0
- Chapters
- Chapter 1
- Extraction tasks
- T02
- Record id
- qa_T02_03