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Principle
Health (svasthya)
स्वास्थ्य
The publisher's note opens with the saying 'the body is indeed the first means of dharma' and says that a healthy body is necessary for religious practice, and that only through a healthy…
Topic
Health defined another way
दूसरे प्रकार से स्वस्थ के लक्षण · प्रकारान्तर से स्वस्थ लक्षण
Put simply, a person whose body is free from diseases is called healthy; the commentary says this is stated on the authority of the Ayurvedic texts and not otherwise.
Principle
Practical health (vyavahara svasthya)
व्यवहार स्वास्थ्य · व्यवहारस्वास्थ्य
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…
Principle
Ultimate health (paramartha svasthya)
परमार्थ स्वास्थ्य · परमार्थस्वास्थ्य
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…
Topic
The kinds of health
स्वास्थ्य के भेद
The editor reports the author's two kinds of health: ultimate (pāramārthika) health, the imperishable, supra-sensory bliss of the soul that comes from destroying the eight karmas, and…
Question
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?
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,…
Question
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?
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…
Topic
Marks of practical health
व्यवहार स्वास्थ्य के लक्षण · व्यवहार स्वास्थ्य लक्षण
Practical health is described as balanced digestive fire and tissues, no disturbance of the doshas, proper elimination of wastes, and a clear, contented self, senses and mind at all times.…
Question
What is health said to be the means of, and what does a person without it fail to achieve?
स्वास्थ्य को किसका साधन बताया गया है, और उसके बिना मनुष्य क्या नहीं कर पाता?
Health is said to be the means of dharma, artha, kama and moksha; without it a person, however steadfast and brave, cannot practise dharma, earn wealth, enjoy pleasures or reach liberation.
Question
Lord of the three worlds, for us who are afflicted by cold, heat and rain, have taken to wrong food, do not know the proper order of diet and medicine and suffer from the fear of many diseases, what is the way to remove disease and to protect health? Please tell us.
हे त्रिलोकीनाथ, सर्दी, गर्मी, वर्षा से पीड़ित, मिथ्या आहार में पड़े, आहार और औषधि का क्रम न जानने वाले और अनेक रोगों के भय से दुःखी हम लोगों के रोग दूर करने और स्वास्थ्य की रक्षा का उपाय क्या है? कृपया बताइए।
The Lord's divine voice answered by setting out, in brief, the four subjects of the whole science (the person, diseases, medicines and time) with their features, kinds and sub-kinds.
Topic
Marks of ultimate health
परमार्थ स्वास्थ्य के लक्षण · परमार्थ स्वास्थ्य लक्षण
Ultimate health is the wondrous, final and unequalled bliss beyond the senses that arises from the destruction of all karmas and is sought by the wise; the commentary identifies it with the…
Topic
The two kinds of health
स्वास्थ्य के भेद · स्वास्थ्य का भेद
The Jinas describe health for a person capable of liberation as of two kinds: the ultimate (pāramārthika), which is primary, and the practical (vyavahāra), which is secondary.
Topic
Why health is needed
आरोग्य की आवश्यकता
A sick person, however wise and firm, can pursue none of the four aims of life; this science, a weapon that pierces the vital points of karma, lets those who master it protect their health…
Topic
Avoiding what harms health
स्वास्थ्य बाधक कारणों का परिहार
Very sour or dry food, excessive exercise, wind, sun and heat, excessive sexual activity and the daily use of a single taste are causes that bring on the doshas and many diseases, and are…
Symptom
Burning sensation (daha)
दाह (जलन) · दाह
Sourness and burning are given as the brief signs of aggravated pitta.
Organ
Heart and cardiovascular system
हृदय और रक्त-संवहनी तंत्र · हृदय
Principle
Ayurveda (science of life)
आयुर्वेद
The introduction says no definite time can be given for the origin of Ayurveda, the science of life, because the need for it begins wherever living beings have life; since it is essential…
Principle
Tridosha (three doshas)
त्रिदोष सिद्धांत · त्रिदोष
The introduction says every medical system rests on an account of how the body works in health and how it is disordered in disease, and that in Ayurveda the body is made of the three…
Principle
Causes of disease (nidana)
निदान (रोग का कारण) · निदान
The publisher's note says that disease coming to the body depends on karma, but that by the use of the pure medicines described in the book even asātā (painful experience) turns into sātā…
Principle
Pranavaya (Jain medical canon)
प्राणावाय
The publisher's note says that the speech of the Vītarāga Lord contains Ayurveda for the sake of religious practice, but that because of the faults of the present age many of those…
Therapy
Sexual restraint (brahmacharya)
ब्रह्मचर्य
The introduction says mental health is maintained by brahmacarya and mental restraint, especially restraint over all the objects of the senses. Śukra dhātu, ojas and param ojas are the…
Principle
The physician (vaidya)
वैद्य (चिकित्सक) · वैद्य
The editor reports the author's explanation of the word vaidya (chapter 1, verse 18): vidyā is omniscience (kevalajñāna), which reveals the characteristics of the soul (jīva) and all other…
Principle
Anatomy (sharira)
शरीर रचना · शरीररचना
The introduction says the Yajurveda describes the mantra-accompanied offering of particular parts of sacrificial animals, and that its Brāhmaṇas and Āraṇyakas, especially the Aitareya…
Condition
Breast-milk disorders (stanya dosha)
स्तन्य दोष (दूध के दोष) · स्तन्यदोष
Verse 61 directs that the many diseases of the breast be treated by dosha, with stage-wise treatment of any swelling.