UNVEILING CHAKRAPANIDATTA AS A WELL VERSED META-PHYSICIAN: INSIGHTS FROM DEERGHANJEEVITIYAM ADHYAYA
Sameeksha Gupta*, Lajwanti Keswani, Ankita Tiwari and Pallavi Kodle
ABSTRACT
Quest for knowledge is needed to quench the thirsty and curious mind of man. Metaphysics means that which is beyond physics. Though physics does not have answers to several Questions but metaphysics has. As Ayurveda being Vedic science it is flowered with philosophical and metaphysical speculations. Chakrapanidatta being an Ayurveda scholar and the renowned commentator of Charaka Samhita had a great knowledge of the science of healing featured with metaphysics. The equilibrium of body, mind and soul brings the ultimate health so Ayurveda as a whole deals with all of these. The fundamentals of Ayurveda has a strong interconnection with metaphysics. Ayurveda Deepika of Chakrapanidatta has explained these fundamentals very nicely. This article is basically an attempt to analyse the Chakrapani Teeka (Ayurveda Deepika) on Deerghanjeevitiyam Adhyaya which gave the explanation of Chakrapanidatta as a well versed Metaphysician.
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