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Āyurveda — The Body
before this →Yoga — The Inner Technology
The first Upaveda is the knowledge of life. Āyurveda treats the body not as a machine to be repaired but as a balance to be maintained — in relation to food, season, work, and mind.
Three humours, one balance
vāta · pitta · kapha
Health is the equilibrium of vāta (movement), pitta (transformation), and kapha (structure); disease is their imbalance. Caraka codifies medicine and regimen; Suśruta codifies surgery, with procedures documented in detail that drew attention from physicians who later visited India.
the frame that is easy to missĀyurveda belongs to the dṛṣṭārtha
domain — the seen. It is answerable to observation and experience, not to śabda. That is
why it sits here, as an application, and not among the darśanas.
VĀTAmovement — wind and nerve
PITTAtransformation — heat and digestion
KAPHAstructure — fluid and tissue
SANTULANĀbalance, with season and work
introduces →āyurvedatridoṣacarakasuśruta