Abstract

REVIEW ON BHAVANA SAMSKARA AND ITS IMPORTANCE

Dr. Shivaprasad Huded* and Dr. Apoorva J. M.

ABSTRACT

Samskara is an important concept led by ancient Ayurveda scholars and is defined as transformation of the inherent attributes (Swabhavika Guna) of a substance which leads to the addition of new properties or change in the properties. Various modes of Samskara which are mentioned in Ayurveda are Svedana (boiling), Mardana (grinding), Manthana (churning), Bhavana (impregnation) etc. Amongst them, Bhavana is an important Samskara with the help of which, not only the potency of a drug can be altered, but is also capable to bring about changes in characteristics of drug viz. regulation, addition of new or deletion of undesirable characteristics. Bhavana method used for processing and researches on impact of bhavana are one of the tool to bring poisonous medicinal plants into the mainstream and to make them more accountable. Hence an attempt has been made to analyse the concept and the beneficial aspect of bhavana on various Ayurvedic drugs.

Keywords: Samskara, transformation, Swabhavika Guna, Bhavana, Mardana, regulation.