Abstract

IMPORTANCE OF BUDDHISM IN AYURVEDA

Anurag Pandey*, Tiwari Mamta, Nigam Pankaj and Patha Vijay

ABSTRACT

Buddhism and Ayurvedic medicine originated in India and both aim at eliminating suffering. Ayurveda is the science of life and deals with physical, psychological, as well as spiritual well-being of an individual. It covers all the spheres of human life through its following eight branches Salya, Salakya, Kayachikitsa, Kaumara Bhtrya, Agada Tantra, Bhutvidya, Rasayan and Vajikaran. Buddhism primarily concerns with the well-being of the mind and Ayurveda deals with the well-being of the body. The Buddha said that his main concern was the problem of human suffering and how it could be eliminated. The term the Buddha in Pali used to convey the concept of suffering i.e Dukkha. His whole effort was directed towards finding a way out of dukkha. Similarly in Ayurveda seven Dukkha are described by great Ayurvedic Acharya Vagbhata and its cover all type of diseases like physical, mental, psychological and environmental and Papkarmaja. Ayurveda is India's traditional system of medicine. It was first described around 3500 BC in the ancient Hindu texts known as the Atharva veda, and means "science of life," from the Sanskrit word Ayur means life, and veda means science. An integral part of classical Ayurvedic medicine is the practice of yoga and dhyana." The main goal of Ayurvedic system is cure the peoples those who are suffering from physical or mental diseases by his three most important type of therapy called – Daivavyapasraya, Yukti vyapasraya and Satvavjay Chikitsa.

Keywords: Ayurveda, Ashoka, Buddhism, Traditional medicine.