Essay name: Physician as depicted in Manasollasa
Author:
Sri B. S. Hebballi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This thesis critically evaluates the role of physicians in Ayurvedic literature, particularly in King Somesvara's Manasollasa. It explores the connection between mind and body health, emphasizing the influence of diet and actions.
Chapter 3a - Basic concepts of Ayurveda (as explained in Manasollasa)
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Besides, or channels, also play an important role in this
process. H traverses in the body through channels as water flows in
irrigating channels in the field.58
Ayurveda holds as an important component in a living being.
啶撪啶膏 [ojas ] is considered as the essence of all 啶оぞ啶む [诲丑腻迟耻] s. 啶撪啶膏 [ojas ] is neither 啶оぞ啶む [诲丑腻迟耻 ] nor
啶夃お啶оぞ啶む, [upa诲丑腻迟耻, ] but has an independent position. 59 啶撪啶膏 [ojas ] is said to be seated in 啶灌啶︵く
[丑峁沝补测补
] and intimately connected with 褔. Non-living beings can survive without
啶撪啶膏. 啶撪啶膏 [ojas. ojas ] is described as of two types. 啶ぐ啶� - [par膩 - ] superior and 啶呧お啶班ぞ - [apar膩 - ] inferior.
The affection of the latter causes various symptoms, whereas the
former causes death. 3 or dimunition of causes many disorders
even death.
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Regulation and control of diet forms a very important chapter in
f. The nutritive value and the digestibility have to be kept in
mind while prescribing any diet. Quantum of food is also given due
prominence. 啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶� [肠补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 ] deals exhaustively in 啶膏啶む啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え ( [蝉奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补 ( ] 5-12 ) about a
balanced diet. Diet also nourishes the mind and as such one has to be
very careful in selecting items suited to mental qualities.60 This subject
is discussed at several places in M膩nasoll膩sa also.
啶啶班啷冟い啶苦じ啷嵿ぅ啶距お啶ㄠぞ -
[prak峁泃isth膩pan膩 -
] Ayurveda gives special importance to restoration of
normalcy which is the main object of a physician. is normalcy or
equilibrium, whereas is disorder or disequilibrium. Equilibrium of
psychosomatic elements is health and its absence is disease. Health is
58. '啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶� [肠补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻] ' - 啶膏啶む啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え [蝉奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补 ] 26.15 22.
59 啶むじ啷嵿く啷嬥お啶оぞ啶むぞ啶ㄠ啶啶班啶氞啶涏ぞ啶 啶啶︵ぞ啶ㄠ啶ぐ啶｀ぎ啷冟啷嵿啶むた 啷�
啶う啷嵿ぇ啶� 啶むい啷� 啶膏啶ぐ啷嵿ざ啶掂た啶溹啶炧ぞ啶ㄠ 啶оぞ啶班た 啶むい啷嵿い啶む啶� 啶膏啶多啶班た啶むぎ啷� ||
啶むい啷� 啶ぐ啶膏啶啶溹じ啶� 啶膏啶ムぞ啶ㄠ 啶むい啷嵿ぐ 啶氞啶むえ啷嵿く啶膏啶椸啶班す啶� 啷�
啶灌啶︵く啶� 啶す啶︵ぐ啷嵿ぅ啶多啶� 啶むじ啷嵿ぎ啶距う啷佮啷嵿い啶� 啶氞た啶曕た啶む啶膏啷堗 ||
[tasyopadh膩t膩nm奴rcch膩ya峁� bhed膩nmara峁嘺m峁沜chati |
yaddhi tat spar艣avij帽膩na峁� dh膩ri tattatra sa峁兣況itam ||
tat parasyaujasa岣� sth膩na峁� tatra caitanyasa峁僩raha岣� |
丑峁沝补测补峁� mahadartha艣ca tasm膩dukta峁� cikitsakai岣� ||
] 60. Bhagavad Gita 17-8-10.
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'啶膏啶む啶班じ啷嵿ぅ啶距え [蝉奴迟谤补蝉迟丑腻苍补] ' - 啶氞ぐ啶曕じ啶傕す啶苦い啶� [肠补谤补办补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻 ] 30. 6-7 .
