Philosophy of Charaka-samhita
by Asokan. G | 2008 | 88,742 words
Ayurveda, represented by Charaka and Sushruta, stands first among the sciences of Indian intellectual tradition. The Charaka-samhita, ascribed to the great celebrity Charaka, has got three strata. (1) The first stratum is the original work composed by Agnivesha, the foremost of the six disciples of Punarvasu Atreya. He accomplished the work by coll...
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Dialectical terms (12): Purpose (prayojana)
Every voluntary action is motivated. Every one acts to obtain the desired object or to avoid an undesirable object.[1] Purpose is that for which an action is begun.[2] It is the motivating object of an action[3] or it is that which goads one in to action.[4]
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
PHISPC, Vol. III, Part鈥擨II. p. 28.
[2]:
辫谤补测辞箩补苍补峁� n膩ma yadartham膩rabhyanta 膩ra峁僢h膩岣�, CS, Vi,VIII. 44.
[3]:
yamarthamadhikt峁泍a pravartate tat 辫谤补测辞箩补苍补峁�, Ny膩yas奴tra.,I. i. 24.
[4]:
yena 辫谤补测耻办迟补岣� pravartate tat 辫谤补测辞箩补苍补峁�,V膩tsy膩yana on ibid., N. Bh, p. 6.