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Ayurveda

KeywordAyurveda
TypeB.P.
Etymology/ Definitionआयुरस्मिन् विद्यते, अनेन वाऽऽयुर्विन्दन्ति इत्यायुर्वेदः । सु.सू. १ /१५
हिताहितं सुखं दुःखमायुस्तस्य हिताहितम् ।
मानं च तच्च यत्रोक्तमायुर्वेदः स उच्यते ॥ च. सू. १ /४१
ReferenceC.Su.1/41 Chakrapaan`i, S.Su 1/15,
Literary MeaningM / W – Science of health or medicine ( it is classed among sacred sciences, and is considered as a supplement of the Atharva – Veda ). ( i. e. Indian System of medicine ). It contains eight departments.
Implied MeaningScience, which describes advantageous, disadvantageous, happy, and unhappy states of life alongwith what is good and bad for life, life’s measurement and finally life itself is Ayurveda .
ElaborationLife is either Hita ( useful or advantageous ) or Ahita ( harmful or disadvantageous ) or with Sukha ( happiness ), or Duhkha ( unhappiness or misery ). Ayurveda is a science, which deals with all these four types of life, its wholesome and unwholesome habitat, its short or long span, and the description of life.
Ayurveda stands for knowledge of life in all its facets.

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