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ANALYTICAL STUDY TO ESTABLISH THE RELATION BETWEEN SATMYA & BALA IN HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS

Dr. Ashwini A. Wani*, Dr. Pragati P. Wajire, Dr. Shyamsundar L. Bhutada, Dr. Madhumati Nawkar

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Abstract

Satmya an important and a unique concept which is indeed given less attention. Many researches have been done on Bala and Satva, Bala and Saar, on Samhanan, individually on Bala but up till now no one had even touched the present subject that is "Analytical study to establish the relation between Satmya and Bala in healthy individuals." This unique concept of Dashvidh Pariksha which includes Prakriti, Vikriti, Saar, Samhanan, Praman, Satmya, Satva and many more indeed needs attention. Among these 'Satmya' an important concept which is always given less attention. Now a days for the ease of life style man is acquiring suitability’s in each and every field. According to Ayurveda, the thing which suits the individual is known as Satmya. Or the thing which is always accustomed is called as Satmya. It is basically the wholesome familiarization to food and food combination. As described previously Satmya an important and investigable concept in providing the medicine and diet. Caraka mentioned about the one who is used to consumes Sarv rasas is Balwan or healthy and the one who used to consume ek ras is Durbal or weak. It means that Sarv ras Satmya individuals has Uttam Bala and that of one ras Satmya has Heen bala. This shows that Satmya is directly proportional to Bala. Acharyas has stated that one should not directly judge the person's weakness or strength by just merely having a look on the buildup of that individual but it depends on Satmya. It means that Satmya is diagnostic criteria for Bala. Therefore, for the determination of Balwan and Durbal, the Bala should be estimated with the help of Vyayam Shakti, which is carried out by using physical fitness test that is Harvard Step Test. Here the one gets the idea of interdependibility of Satmya & Bala means the individual having Pravar Satmya will have Uttam Bala, Madhyam Satmya will have Madhyam Bala and with Avar Satmya will have Heen Bala.

Keywords: Among these 'Satmya' an important concept which is always given less attention.