Universal Attributes and Doshic Theory Flashcards
Avyakta
meaning unmanifested state of consciousness
What has manifested after Avyakta?
The sound Aum. From Avyakta state the subtle vibrations of the cosmic, soundless sound Aum manifested.
What elements came from Aum sound?
From the subtle vibration of Aum came the Ether or Space Element.
Maha Bhuta: Ether
1) Jnanendriya (Sensory Faculties)
2) Sensory Organs
3) Karmendriya (Faculties at Action)
4) Motor Organs
5) Tanmatras (Objects of the senses)
1) Hearing
2) Ears
3) Speech
4) Vocal Cords
5) Shabda (Sound)
Maha Bhuta: Air
1) Jnanendriya (Sensory Faculties)
2) Sensory Organs
3) Karmendriya (Faculties at Action)
4) Motor Organs
5) Tanmatras (Objects of the senses)
1) Tactile Perception
2) Skin
3) Giving and Receiving
4) Hands
5) Sparsha (Touch)
Maha Bhuta: Fire
1) Jnanendriya (Sensory Faculties)
2) Sensory Organs
3) Karmendriya (Faculties at Action)
4) Motor Organs
5) Tanmatras (Objects of the senses)
1) Vision
2) Eyes
3) Walking
4) Legs
5) Rupa (Form)
Maha Bhuta: Water
1) Jnanendriya (Sensory Faculties)
2) Sensory Organs
3) Karmendriya (Faculties at Action)
4) Motor Organs
5) Tanmatras (Objects of the senses)
1) Taste
2) Tongue
3) Procreation
4) Genitals
5) Rasa (Taste)
Maha Bhuta: Earth
1) Jnanendriya (Sensory Faculties)
2) Sensory Organs
3) Karmendriya (Faculties at Action)
4) Motor Organs
5) Tanmatras (Objects of the senses)
1) Smell
2) Nose
3) Excretion
4) Excretory organs
5) Gandha (Odor smell)
Tan Matra in Sanskrit
Tan - subtle Matra - element
List 5 tanmatras
- sound
- touch
- form
- taste
- odor
- smell
The tanmaras are …
the ways in which the objective world is sensed.
Another meaning of tanmaras
Tan also mean mother, and matra also means matter
Dosha meaning
fault impurity mistake
The moment dohsa goes out of balance, they corrupt, or pollute or vitiate the … and then they become dosha (hence they called impurity)
Dhatus (Bodily tissues)
Pathology Meaning
the science of the causes and effects of diseases, especially the branch of medicine that deals with the laboratory examination of samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes.
Dosha means three principles that
govern psychophysiological response and pathological changes.
physiopsychology define
The branch of psychology that deals with the interrelation between physiological events, especially in the brain, and mental ones; physiological psychology.
What Ayurvedic Offsprings could be found in Ancient Greek Medicine?
The concpet of Humors or priciples - wind bile and phlegm found in Greek ancient medicine likely are offsprings of Ayurveda.
VATA Subtle energy assosiated with
movement : The pulsation of the heart blinking Muslcle and tissue movement All movements in the cytoplasm and cell membranes
VATA in balance
creativity and flexibility
VATA out of balance
fear, anxiety and abnormal movements
PITTA expresses itself as
body’s methabolic system. It governs digestion, absorbtion, assimilation, nutrition, metabolism, body temperature - all trasnformations.
PITTA in balance
promotes the understanding and intelligence
PITTA out of balance
arouses anger, hatred, jealousy and inflammatory disorders