Philosophy of Ayurveda

Ayurveda is an ancient wisdom aimed at knowledge of life.

What are the 4 Purushastha of life (ultimate goals of life)?

There are 4 main objectives of a human body, which are interrelated. He have to earn livelihood (Artha) for himself and also fulfill his desires (Kama) while following the virtuous path i.e. Dharma. The ultimate goal of human life that is Moksha or liberation is to be achieved by the following paths of Dharma.

Arogya or health is the basic requisite for attaining all these 4 Purushartha (goals) of a human body. Rog or disease is the main factor to destroy that Arogya (health) and these diseases are main hurdle for the human beings in progressing towards the ultimate goals.

Ayurveda shows for healthy persons and diseased ones the best path, i.e. Hetu cause, Linga- symptoms, Ausaad – medicine of disease and for disease.. i.e. causes of disease so that they can be avoided, symptoms for recognisation of disease and medicine for treatment of disease. It is very clear from aim of Ayurveda that it is meant for reserving the health of healthy person and getting rid of disease of a patient.

Ultimate aim is to achieve all the 4 Purusharthas i.e. Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha.

6 Padartha of Ayurveda-

The 6 basic elements are –

The Samanya is that which increases a particular substance or thing in all aspects of it. Not even a single aspect is left behind.

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