Naskar Ayurveda
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as irrefutable gospel. They would submit to every
single word at an innate emotional level and hail
those words as eternal knowledge, even if I
intentionally put some negative elements in those
texts to serve my own personal interest and not the
interest of the society or the pursuit of truth. And
this is exactly what happened to the ancient texts of
the Vedas. They say the Vedas are eternal - the
knowledge within it came not from the mind of
man, but from Brahma himself.
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their own shackles of prejudices and ignorance.
Unfortunately, over time, their scientific
contribution started to get hugely overlooked by
their own people. Later generations of their
motherland began to hail them as some sort of
divine beings with supernatural powers, and thus
emerged the term “sage” or “rishi”. Even though
the term technically means a profoundly wise man,
today people abuse it in the worst manner possible.
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mind of some ancient Indians, just like "Republic"
came from Plato, "The Art of War" came for Sun
Tzu, "On the Origin of Species" came from Charles
Darwin, "A Brief History of Time” came from
Stephen Hawking, "The Selfish Gene" came from
Richard Dawkins, "What is Mind?" came from
Naskar, "Capital" came from Karl Marx, "Sapiens"
came from Yuval Noah Harari and so on. Greed of
hierarchically higher people always drives them to
incorporate imaginary divine intervention into
human creations, so that through these creations,
they can have authority over the people in their
national society as well as the global society. Hence
from the primordial urge for authority rises the
need to attach the term "Apauruseya" to the Vedas.
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science" of reciting hymns (Rigveda), performing
sacrifices (Yajurveda), and chanting songs
(Samaveda). The Rigveda is the oldest of all the
Vedic texts, which is approximately from the
period of 1900 to 1100 BC.
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School of Surgeons became the basis of Ayurveda
and helped organize and systematically classify
into branches of medicine and surgery.
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2. Shalakya Tantra (surgery and treatment of head
and neck, Ophthalmology and ear, nose, throat)
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metabolism and immunity as important for health
and so for medicinal sciences.
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studies. The body needed to be perfectly cleaned
and then preserved in the bark of a tree. It was
then kept in a cage and hidden carefully in a
spot in the river. There the current of the river
softened it. After seven days it was removed
from the river. It was then cleaned with a brush
made of grass roots, hair and bamboo. When this
was done, every inner or outer part of the body
could be seen clearly.
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Another important name behind Ayurveda was
Vaghbata. Even though his work was not as
original as the two major founders of Ayurveda -
Charaka and Susruta, he made the works of these
two scientists more lucid. Vaghbata in the 5th
century compiled two sets of texts called Ashtanga
Sangraha and Ashtanga Hridaya. In his work, he
shed light on the Internal Medicine of Charaka
Samhita and the various surgical procedures of
Susruta Samhita.
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ingredients to the body. Ayurveda places great emphasis
on prevention of illness and promotion of wellness. And
that’s precisely what many of the Ayurvedic remedies
do. Ingredients like ginger, honey, turmeric, cinnamon,
clove, garlic etc. have in fact proven to have significant
influence in promoting health and preventing illness."
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Nevertheless, quite similar to us modern day
scientists, all those scientists of ancient India were
ordinary humans with excellent minds. There was
nothing supernatural about their intelligence. So,
start seeing them the way they actually were. Stop
the paranormal fanaticism right now if you want
your society to grow. Grow a brilliant and rational
mind within yourself just as the scientists of ancient
India did. Use your ability of reasoning to
distinguish the genuine scientific works from the
hodge-podge of fantasies.
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rational investigation of the ancient texts that they
can become a true help to human life.
Further Reading
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