Ayurveda Research? What is the Need & Scope? Opportunities Ahead

Need: I Bridging the gap in information Ayurveda is the holistic medical science promoted through oral tradition. It took a long time to bring the science into written form of manuscripts. This has led to loss of certain information from generation to generation. II Foreign Invasion Many of the colonial rulers have destroyed valuable manuscripts

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Research Tools: Pramana – Scientific Analysis from Ayurveda Perspective

Brief Literature review of Pramana in Ayurveda Pramana: Pramana are considered to be the tools through which definite knowledge can be obtained. Ayurveda uses the terminology Pareeksha in place of Pramana. द्विविधमेव खलु सर्वं सच्चासच्च; तस्य चतुर्विधा परीक्षा- आप्तोपदेशः, प्रत्यक्षम्, अनुमानं, युक्तिश्चेति||(च.सू.११/१७) तस्याङ्गवरमाद्यं प्रत्यक्षागमानुमानोपमानैरविरुद्धमुच्यमानमुपधारय || (सु.सू.१/१६) परीक्ष्यते व्यवस्थाप्यते वस्तुस्वरूपमनयेति परीक्षा प्रमाणानि..|(चक्रपाणि/च.सू.११/१७) Major Pramana in Ayurveda

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ANTIQUITY OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & AYURVEDA : HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Historical Background of Research in Ayurveda                            The terminology “Research” is earliest recorded in the 15th-16th Century AD. But, the mere usage of a new term does not rule out the actual concept of research and its utility in earlier times. The existence

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