Abstract

A REVIEW ARTICLE ON EFFECT OF TRIGUNAS ON PERSONALITY

Dr. Sandeep Kumar Bhagat* and Dr. Sneha Gutakar

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Abstract

Ayurveda, the ancient system of Indian medicine is a treasure of outputs and data obtained through invasive research programme of thousands of years. More than a medical system, It is a culture or lifestyle of millions of people. It always gives due importance to preventive aspects than curative. Various ancient texts of Yoga, Ayurveda and Puranas talk about the Gunas related to health, behaviour and its effect of the personality in different ways. Many of those litrary studies reveal the hidden facts which have been missed with the change of time. Still the correlation and difference of thought was yet to be explored. By quantifying those differences in thoughts, one can come to a conclusion where Gunas as a part of personality trait can be studied as aetiology for being diseased or disease free. It helps in building an individual’s personality, depending upon the predominance of gunas (Satva, Rajas, and Tamas).[10] In equilibrium, the three Gunas preserve the mind (and indirectly the body), maintaining it in a healthy state or in a state of equilibrium. Any disturbance in this equilibrium results in various types of mental disorders. This article deals with relation or effect of these trigunas on the personality of an indivisual.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Trigunas, Personality, Prakrit.