Abstract

SIGNIFICANCE OF AGNI: A REVIEW ARTICLE

Sayalee Sunilrao Videkar*, Shubham Bansi Maske and Harsha Mohan Singh

ABSTRACT

Agni is one of the vital factor of life. In our daily life, maintenance of health depends upon maintaince of agni. Jatharagni digests ahara on which strength of body, complexion, and oja depends. Agni should be maintained for overall health. Due to improper lifestyle or bad dietary habits, agni gets vitiated, which leads to ama formation and origin to many diseases. Most of the diseases are caused due to mandagni. Ayurveda has explained that ahara vidhi vidhana and ashta ahara vidhi visheshaytana that are essential for healthy lifestyle for human being. According to agni one should take proper quantity of ahara to keep agni in balanced state. In classical texts it is mentioned that samagni is essential for health of human being. This article aims to emphasize on the importance of agni mentioned in samhita and its impact on health.

Keywords: Agni, Health, Samagni, Ahara, Jathragni.