Showing posts with label Charak Samhita. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Charak Samhita. Show all posts

Thursday, January 08, 2026

Disease (रोग)

 

As per WHO, what is the definition of a disease?

Defining health as not merely the absence of disease or infirmity but a state of complete 1.Physical, 2.Mental and 3.Social well-being. Now they have added two more aspects to it i.e. Material as well as Spiritual. Thus now imbalance of Physical, Mental, Social, Material and Spiritual,  all these define a disease/ rog (रोग) . 

As per Ayurveda, what is the definition of Disease or Rog.?

रोग किसे कहते हैं? (What do we call as disease?) (चरकसंहिता – शरीरस्थानम् – श्लोक = ४४-४६; Charak Samhita – Shareestanam – Sloka 44-46.)

पूर्व जन्म में किये गये कर्म को दैव कहते हैं और इस जन्म में किये गये कर्मों को पौरुष कहते हैं। दैव और पौरुष दोनों विषम होते हैं, इस लिये रोग उत्पन्न होने के कारण होते हैं। जब ये दोनो सम होते हैं तो रोग की निवृत्ति के कारण होते हैं। 

(actions of previous births are called ‘Dev’ and actions of present birth are called ‘Paurush’. Imbalance of these two cause diseases in our bodies and their balance leads to healthy state.)

सदाचार सूत्र (Principle of righteous condct):

जो व्यक्ति हितकारक आहा- विहार करता है, सोच समझ कर कामों को करता है, इन्द्रियों के विषयों में आसक्त नहीं होता, दान देने वाला होता है, सभी लोगों के साथ समता का भाव रखता है, सत्यता पूर्वक व्यव्हार करता है, क्षमाशील है, आप्त पुरुशों के सहचर्य में रहता है, वह मनुष्य रोगों से आक्रांत नही होता। जिस की बुद्धि सुख प्रद है, जिसके कर्मो के परिणाम सुख्प्रद हैं, जिसका मन अपने वश में है, जिसकी बुद्दि निर्मल है, जो ज्ञान का उपासक है, जो तपस्या में संलग्न रहता है, जो योग की क्रियाओं के करने में तत्पर रहता है, एसे पुरुष को रोग नहीं होता। 

(Person who follows balanced diet/ ahaar(आहा) and disciplined life style/vihar (विहार), performs his work with discrimination, one who does not indulge in the objects of senses, who gives alms, behave equally with all, who acts honestly, who firgives, keeps company of enlightened beings, such a person is not afflicted with diseases. Whose intellect is good, whose actions result in giving good and happy results, whose mind is under his control, whose mind is clear, one who is worshipper of knowledge, one who is ever busy in spiritual endeavours, one who is always busy in yogic kriyas, such a person never gets any disease.).

As per scriptures, आत्मा से च्युत होना ही रोग का कारण है। (falling down from the state of Atmic state is the real cause of disease.)  .........Om!...Shaktanand.

Monday, April 25, 2016

RAS & BAL details in various months as per Charak-Samhita

While working on next project of a Wellness-manual, one referred to Charak Samhita and found some interesting things in there. A few of those are being shared below as they can be quite useful for all the readers.

                                            1                         2                                3
Indian month          Aghan    Paush    Magh    Phalgun     Chiatra    Vaishakh
                                    (Hemant)                (Shishir)                   (Spring)

English month        Nov       Dec         Jan      Feb             March     April          
                                 -Dec      -Jan        -Feb    -Mar             -April   -May
Power of Sun           Least                    Complete               towards Maximum

Power of Moon       Max.                     Less                        Decreasing

Swabhav of Earth   Snigdhtam           Dry                           towards increasing dryness 

Increase in the         Madhur                Tikt                          Kshaya
particular ras

Body strength           Maximum           Powerful                  Medium                

Doshas

Increase                      Kaph                      xxxx                         xxxx

Imbalance                   xxxx                       xxxx                         Kaph

Reduction                    Pitt                         xxxx                         xxxx
/ removal

                                     4                           5                               6 
Indian month             Grishm                 Varsha                      Sharad

English month            Summers              Rains                       Autumn
                                     May    June         Jly     Aug               Sep     Oct
                                     -june   -july         -Aug  -Sep              -Oct    -Nov
Power of Sun              Maximium              Less                        Least

Power of Moon           Least                      Complete                Increasing      

Swabhav of Earth      Completely dry      Snigdh                    Snigdhtar

Increase in the            Katu                        Amal                       Salty
particular ras

Body strength             Minimum                Minimum              Medium

Doshas

Increase                      Vaat                            Pit                          xxxx

Imbalance                    xxxx                          Vaat                         Pit

Reduction                    Kaph                          xxxx                       Vaat
/removal

Shishir, Vasant, Grish are called Adaankaal; Varsha, Sharad, Hemant are called Visargkaal.
Adaankall is that when Sun travels into Uttarayan; Visargkaal is that in which it travels towards Dakshinayan.

Three humors are mentioned in Ayurveda generally regarding health, which are Vaat, Pitt and Kaph.

Vaat :-

Attributes: Dry, Cold, Light, Subtle, Moving, Vishad, Khar.
Opposites: Wet, Hot, Heavy, Gross, Stable, Pichchal, reduced by Shalakshan.
During winters, wind humor increases while in warm weather it gets reduced.

Pitt:-

Attributes: Less moisture, Warm, Tikshan, Liquid, Amla, Spreads, Katu.
Opposites: Completely Snigdh, Cold, Mridu, Sandra, Stable, Madhur, Kashaya, Tikt.
It gets shant with the help of snehyukt milk and ghee.

Kaph:-  

Attributes: Heavy, Cool, Mridu, Snigdh, Madhur, Sthir, Pichal.
Opposites: Laghu, Warm, Tikshan, Dry, Katu, Tikt, Kashay, Ras, Sar, Vishad.

In the period prior(Rainy season) to Visargkaal and post(Summer season) to Adaankaal our body's power reduces.
In the period in between (Sharad and Vasant) our body's power is medium.

In the period at the end(Hemant) of Visargkaal and prior to Adaankal, our body's strength is maximum.
Hope the following units of measuremen will also be useful for the readers having interest in such things.
As per Sushrut Samhita, time to pronounce a laghu akshar is = 1 nimesh.
15 Nimesh                            =       1 Kashtha
30 Kashtha                           =        1 Kala
20 1/10 Kala                         =       1  Muhurt
30 Muhurt                             =       1  Day & Night
15 Day & Night                    =       1 Paksh
1 Prasth                                 =       700 gms (as per Kautilya)
1 Kuduv (for soups)              =        175 ml. (as per Kautilya)
      ,,       ( for dry things)      =        180 gm (as per Kautilya)
      ,,       ( for ghee or oil)     =        160 mg (as per Kautilya)
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