Essay name: The Nervous System in Yoga and Tantra (Study)
Author:
Ashok Majumdar
Affiliation: Banaras Hindu University / Department of Kayachikitsa
This study deals with the presentation of the Nervous System in Yoga, Tantra and Ayurveda. Yoga and Ayurveda are allied sciences dealing with science of man in depth. This study has revealed a number of hither to unknown facts about concept of nervous system and thought science of Hindus.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The author is highly indebted to his supervisors
Dr. Jyotimitra, Reader in Basic Principles and Dr. R.H.Singh,
Reader in Kaya Chikitsa and Co-ordinator, Yoga Sadhana
hendra, Banaras Hindu University and expresses his deep
sense of greatfulness to them for suggesting the problem
and for learned guidance.
I am also thankful to the head of the Department
of Kaya Chikitsa, the Dean, Faculty of Indian Medicine
and the Director, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras
Hindu University for permitting me work at this prestigeous
institution.
I am specially thankful to Prof. P.K.Dey, head of
the Department of Physiology, Banaras Hindu University for
many useful discussions from time to time.
I am also thankful to Prof. K.N.Udupa and Prof. T.R.
Anantharaman, the two senior professors of Banaras Hindu
University for making valuable suggestions and for
encouraging me by showing their interest in my work.
I wish to put on record my gratitude to the great
mystic and philosopher Mahama hopadhyaya Gopinath Kaviraj
and Sri Satya Charan Lahiri, grandson of Late Yogiraj
Shyama Charan Lahiri of Varanasi from whom I derived some
