Abstract

CRITICAL REVIEW OF ASHTANGA HRIDAYAM AS PER CHHANDA SHASTRA (SANSKRIT PROSODY)

*Dr. Prabodh Yerawar, Dr. Anjna Tak and Dr. Sudarshan Thakur

Abstract

Ashtanga Hridayam (AH) is the most legitimate and extensive summary of Ayurvedic principles. It is neither a very brief nor an elaborate form of Ashtanga Samgraha. AH is divided into 6 sthanas with a total of 7471 verses. All these verses are in poetic form but in different Chhanda. Chhandas or Sanskrit prosody alludes to the investigation of poetric metres and verse in Sanskrit. Major Ayurvedic texts are written in Sanskrit in prose and poetry forms. Along these lines, the information on Chhanda helps in retaining the verses of Ayurvedic writings. This study targets discovering Chhanda of every single verse of AH and to contemplate the distribution of Chhanda in AH. Arundutta has depicted a sum of 44 Chhanda. Out of these Anushtupa Chhanda is the most used Chhanda in AH (95.11%).

Keywords: Ashtanga Hridayam, Chhanda, Sanskrit prosody, meters, Arundutta.