Abstract

‘CONCEPTUAL STUDY OF PARADI GUNAS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO CHARAKA SAMHITA KALPASTHANA AS A LITERARY RESEARCH’

*Shreya Satkar, Dr. Santosh T. Jatale and Dr. Rajesh V. Sawai

Abstract

Ayurveda has given utmost importance to fundamental principles as they are the basics which need to be understood for understanding, analysing and differentiating the normal and abnormal conditions, may it be dosha’s, dhatu’s or qualities and actions of a dravya on body. Ayurveda described guna as that which signifies the quality of a dravya without which no karma is possible. Though many factors attribute for success of a treatment, charaka has given prime importance to paradi gunas, because even after having best of chatushpada’s one cannot achieve success in therapeutics without proper implementation of paradi guna’s. Proper planning at every stage leads to success of physician. Kalpasthana describes twelve chapters of drug formulation and dosage of drug, signs of misuse and use of Visha Dravya as a medicine. Kalpasthana is easy for application of drugs for Vamana and Virechana. Kalpasthana represent in easier way of drug induction for Karma's.

Keywords: Guna, Paradi guna, Chikitsa-siddhi upaya, Kalpasthana.