Charaka : Charaka-Saṁhitā deals with pathological & medical aspects of Ayurveda.
... the forehead broad and the head round, etc. Charaka and Susruta both have described such ideal development. They gave minute descriptions of every part of the body and of the signs and symptoms of their perfect and ideal development. They described all parts of the body, up to the smallest, from the sole of the feet up to the texture of hairs. Charaka has described ideal and proportionate development... gives power to endure hard work, mental strain, thirst, cold or heat. Imbecility and senile decay never approach him who exercises properly, and the muscles of his body remain firm and steady. Charaka relates the fitness of the body with a non-diseased existence: the man who is well-proportioned in flesh, well-knit in figure, and firm Page 272 of sense is not likely to be overpowered... overpowered by violent disease. Physical exercise brings about lightness, capacity to work, stability, immunity to ailments, elimination of morbidities as well as a good metabolism. (Charaka 7.32) At the base of Ayurveda is an important distinction between different types of bodies: the body can be of three kinds: Sthula (obese), Madhya (medium) and Krsa (thin). However, Ayurveda ...
... having been shaped primarily by the writers Charaka, Shushruta and Vag Bhata prior to 500 B.C. It is thought that this codification rep resents a transfer of oral tradition into written, and it is considered likely by historians that the spoken tradition dates back much further. The form and organization given to the Ayurvedic system of medicine by Charaka and Shushruta has persisted, and these textbooks ...
... be long in the land!' But then to call in an eminent litterateur like you is after all appropriate. You can furnish them with a long address on the romance of medicine beginning with Dhanwantari, Charaka and Galen and ending with Nirod Taluqdar or Dr. Ramchandra." When his correspondence in our Ashram increased to unconscionable proportions and he had to deal with them all by himself night ...
... be long in the land!' But then to call in an eminent litterateur like you is after all appropriate. You can furnish them with a long address on the romance of medicine beginning with Dhanwantari, Charaka and Galen and ending with Nirod Talukdar or Dr. Ramchandra. 6 (4) Sri Aurobindo's taste of Maharatta cookery: On learning that the Maharaja of Dewas had invited DK to dinner Sri Aurobindo ...
... filth are the signs of good health. __________________________________ From K.L. Sharma, Practical Nature Cure, Nature Cure Publishing House Page 126 Manuscript page of Charaka Samhita, early Indian medical text TWO A n individual is supposed to be healthy if he is free of any disease. He should not have any type of pain. His colour and texture of the skin should ...
... roof had been built in a way that astonished him, it was so solid and strong, no houses now were being built like that. So perhaps it is not Ayurveda, but the degenerate ways of the descendants of Charaka that is responsible for the poor and bad building we see around us. I have also seen a remark by an English architect in Madras that it was surprising to see how old ramshackle buildings survived and ...
... Doctor that thy life may be long in the land." To call an eminent novelist for the purpose is after all appropriate. You could give a long address on the romance of medicine beginning with Dhanvantari, Charaka and Galen 139 and ending with Nirod Talukdar and Dr. Ramchandra. Romen has drawn a design for Jyoti's wrapper (of her stories which we have made into a book). How do you like it? I find it rather ...
... of our country. They may wreck the party." Some one raised the topic of sanitation in Calcutta. Disciple : Every city deserves to be burnt down after an interval of 300 years according to Charaka. Calcutta is due to be burnt. Sri Aurobindo : Yes, after some years it becomes physically and morally unfit to live in. Disciple : Mrs. Besant is bringing up each and every problem ...
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