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.
Chapter 7 - The Physiological and the Pathological concepts of Tridosha Theory
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is Sita when green and 'Usna' when ripe, we do not speak of
these qualities as perceived by our sense of touch, but of
their actions within the body.
Similarly when we speak of Pitta as hot or Kapha
as cold we must remember that the action of Pitta within the
body is hot. So Pitta is increased by hot susbtance i.e.
substances which produce heat in the body and it is diminished
by cold substances, i.e. substances which have a cooling
effect upon the body.
The body
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Vayu having got no compact form, its
normal quantity within the body cannot be fixed, and being
invisible, it follows that it can have no definite colour.
(4) PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PITTA
Pitta is of the nature of a hot liquid, rather of
the nature of a strong acid. It is the consuming or metabolic principle.
It is hot (not in action and also not in touch
because it is active (Tiksna), and is slightly viscid. Its
colour is other than white and Aruna (faintly red) its
smell is like that of raw meat and its taste is bitter and
sour (CS.Su.20:15).
Susruta says that Pitta is liquid, hot, active,
foul smelling, blue, yellow etc. in colour, and bitter in
taste, when not fully digested, it is sour (SS.Su.21:11).
Dalhana explains that the taste of Pitta in the ripe i.e.
mature state is bitter and is the raw i.e. immature state
