%0 Book %1 gard-ayur %A Garde, R. K. %C Bombay %D 1975 %I D. B. Taraporevala Sons & Co. Private Ltd. %K Aurobindo, Ayurveda Field, Unified %T Ayurveda for Health and Long Life %X Preface: The postulates that follow have been established as basic premises on which the solid edifice of ancient Ayurveda has been based and built. 1. The Mind-Soul-Body complex forms the basic Tripod of Life. 2. The Pancha-maha-bhutas, plus the Soul-Mind-Time-Direction colossus go to form the basic nine Dravyas (material entities). 3. The qualities or Gunas inherent in them are forty-five in number -- but roughly twenty (ten pairs of opposites dualities) of them are of routine practical importance, as has been sumarised by the pragmatic Vagbhatacharya (vide Ashtanga Hridaya, Sutra 1:19). 4. Karma, i.e. the action resulting from these Gunas is specific and facilitates building up of the framework of Ayurvedic methods of prevention and cure of disease. In fact, the Dravya-Guna-Karma complex is responsible fro maintaining ``homeo-stasis'', i.e., the internal, ecological, and physiological balance and harmony. 5. The gross body and the subtle mind are liable to disease and ill-health. The Tridoshas (Wata-Pitta-Kapha) are bodily Doshas (vitiators) just as Raja and Tama are the mental ones. Their balanced harmony is essential for somato-psychic health and well-being, while their disharmony spells disease, ill-health, and finally death. These premises are based on the ancient ``physics and chemistry" adumbrated in the famous Nyaya-Vaisheshika Darshanas as well as the cause-effect complex of Kapila's Samkhya Darshana and the micro-neurology of the Yoga Shastras. The triad of biologically active and universally present organic principles, classically called the Tridosha, are the very basic, organized, vital forces, functioning throughout cosmic creation. Such Divine Dynamism is the common denominator, notably for Yoga and Ayurveda, together with the allied arts and sciences of the ancient, omniscient Hindu saints and seers. The Modern Ünified Field Theory", so valid and true at the gross, physical, mundane level, is also subtly so in matters divine and fields spiritual.

@book{gard-ayur, abstract = {Preface: The postulates that follow have been established as basic premises on which the solid edifice of ancient Ayurveda has been based and built. 1. The Mind-Soul-Body complex forms the basic Tripod of Life. 2. The Pancha-maha-bhutas, plus the Soul-Mind-Time-Direction colossus go to form the basic nine Dravyas (material entities). 3. The qualities or Gunas inherent in them are forty-five in number -- but roughly twenty (ten pairs of opposites dualities) of them are of routine practical importance, as has been sumarised by the pragmatic Vagbhatacharya (vide Ashtanga Hridaya, Sutra 1:19). 4. Karma, i.e. the action resulting from these Gunas is specific and facilitates building up of the framework of Ayurvedic methods of prevention and cure of disease. In fact, the Dravya-Guna-Karma complex is responsible fro maintaining ``homeo-stasis'', i.e., the internal, ecological, and physiological balance and harmony. 5. The gross body and the subtle mind are liable to disease and ill-health. The Tridoshas (Wata-Pitta-Kapha) are bodily Doshas (vitiators) just as Raja and Tama are the mental ones. Their balanced harmony is essential for somato-psychic health and well-being, while their disharmony spells disease, ill-health, and finally death. These premises are based on the ancient ``physics and chemistry" adumbrated in the famous Nyaya-Vaisheshika Darshanas as well as the cause-effect complex of Kapila's Samkhya Darshana and the micro-neurology of the Yoga Shastras. The triad of biologically active and universally present organic principles, classically called the Tridosha, are the very basic, organized, vital forces, functioning throughout cosmic creation. Such Divine Dynamism is the common denominator, notably for Yoga and Ayurveda, together with the allied arts and sciences of the ancient, omniscient Hindu saints and seers. The Modern "Unified Field Theory", so valid and true at the gross, physical, mundane level, is also subtly so in matters divine and fields spiritual.}, added-at = {2010-04-30T23:14:41.000+0200}, address = {Bombay}, author = {Garde, R. K.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/29922e0de8c451adeed81e3a357b3cd93/wujastyk}, description = {Wujastyk's main bibtex file, April 30, 2010}, interhash = {5b6409cfebb01dc4740929a55c7245d7}, intrahash = {9922e0de8c451adeed81e3a357b3cd93}, keywords = {Aurobindo, Ayurveda Field, Unified}, note = {Author (Captain, I.M.S. rtd.) also wrote ``The, Principles and Practice of Yoga-Therapy'', ``The Biodynamics of Shadanga Yoga''. Refers to ``Prophet of Pondicherry'', using Aurobindo quotes and jargon. Sees his book as part of giving Indian spirituality to the West.}, owner = {dom}, publisher = {D. B. Taraporevala Sons \& Co. Private Ltd.}, source = {Cambridge University Library, 9300.c.3817}, timestamp = {2010-04-30T23:14:59.000+0200}, title = {Ayurveda for Health and Long Life}, year = 1975 }