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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.

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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,…

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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…

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