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Ayurveda is widely practiced in India and Nepal [3] where public institutions offer formal study in the form of a Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (BAMS) degree. In certain parts of the world, the legal standing of practitioners is equivalent to that of conventional medicine. [3]
Baidya [1] or Vaidya [2] is a Bengali Hindu community located in the Bengal region of Indian subcontinent.A caste of Ayurvedic physicians, the Baidyas have long had pre-eminence in society alongside Brahmins and Kayasthas.
Dosha (Sanskrit: दोषः, IAST: doṣa) is a central term in ayurveda originating from Sanskrit, which can be translated as "that which can cause problems" (literally meaning "fault" or "defect"), and which refers to three categories or types of substances that are believed to be present conceptually in a person's body and mind.
Vaidya (Sanskrit: वैद्य), or vaid is a Sanskrit word meaning "doctor, physician". [1] Today it is used to refer to traditional practitioners of Ayurveda, an indigenous Indian system of alternative medicine. [2]
Ethnomedicine is a study or comparison of the traditional medicine based on bioactive compounds in plants and animals and practiced by various ethnic groups, especially those with little access to western medicines, e.g., indigenous peoples. The word ethnomedicine is sometimes used as a synonym for traditional medicine. [1]
Because of the wide range of traditions and ideas covered by the term Hinduism, arriving at a comprehensive definition is difficult. [40] The religion "defies our desire to define and categorize it". [68] Hinduism has been variously defined as a religion, a religious tradition, a set of religious beliefs, and "a way of life".
In 2022, the population of India stood at 1.4 billion people, of various ethnic groups. ... raajsic or taamsic developed in Ayurveda tradition. [123] [124] ...
Sections in Ayurveda. Bharadvaja theories on medicine and causal phenomenon is described in Charaka Samhita. Bharadvaja states, for example, that an embryo is not caused by wish, prayers, urging of mind or mystical causes, but it is produced from the union of a man's sperm and menstrual blood of a woman at the right time of her menstrual cycle ...