Abstract

CONCEPTUAL STUDY OF NYAYA’S AND ITS UTILITY IN AYURVEDA

Dr. Pallaw Ghoti*, Dr. Lajwanti Keswani, Dr. Rajesh Kumar Malviya, Dr. Salil Kumar Jain, Dr. Nikita Gupta and Dr. Abha Khare

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Abstract

Nyaya or maxim is defined as an expression of general truth or principle. Nyayas are used to convey the ideas of the author easily and clearly. Ayurveda has adopted many Nyayas to explain the concepts. Mainly the commentators of Samhitas have taken the help of Nyaya to convey the hidden meaning. Chakrapani; the famous commentator of Charaka Samhita has used some of the nyayas like kaakadanta pareeksha, go-balivarda nyaya, na prushta guravo vadanti iti nyaya etc in various contexts in his Ayurveda commentary.

Keywords: Nyaya, Darshanas, Dheerghamjeeviteeyam, Shareeram.