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Aarav Sharma

NYAYA DARSHANA AND AYURVEDA: A REVIEW OF PRAMANA, HETVABHASA AND TARKA IN THE CHARAKA SAMHITA

Background: Ayurveda grew in close contact with the Indian philosophical schools, and the Charaka Samhita borrows heavily from the Nyaya school in its...

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Priya Deshmukh

VAISHESHIKA DARSHANA AND AYURVEDA: PADARTHA VIGYAN AND ITS CLINICAL CORRELATES

Background: The Vaisheshika school classifies reality into categories called padarthas. Ayurveda adopts a closely related scheme in the first chapter...

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Rohan Kulkarni

SAMKHYA DARSHANA: THE TWENTY-FOUR TATTVAS AND AYURVEDIC CONCEPTS OF PURUSHA, PRAKRITI AND CREATION

Background: The Samkhya school provides the principal theory of creation used in Ayurvedic texts. The Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita describ...

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Ananya Iyer

YOGA DARSHANA AND AYURVEDA: SHARED PRINCIPLES OF MANAS, AHARA AND ACHARA

Background: Yoga and Ayurveda are described as sister sciences. Both give a central place to the mind and to conduct, yet their relationship is usuall...

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Vikram Patil

MIMAMSA AND VEDANTA INFLUENCES ON AYURVEDIC THOUGHT: A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW

Background: Discussions of Ayurveda and philosophy usually centre on Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya and Yoga. The roles of Purva Mimamsa and Vedanta are...

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