Vol. 9, Issue 11 (2020)

Author(s):
Dr. Rakesh Kumar Srivastava

Abstract:
In Ayurveda, no disease can develop without the interaction of the bodily and mental influences. This categories of the causes of illness (i) Asatmyendriyartha samyoga (ii) Pragaparadha (iii) Parinama, among these pragyaparadha is really very important. Charaka states that a individual, whose dhi or buddhi, dhriti and smriti i.e. intellect and memory are deranged, indulges in to undesired acts. Body and mind are the substratum of all diseases having their dosha (sharira dosha i.e. vata, pitta and kapha and manas dosha i.e. rajas and tamas).This paper describe body -mind interaction related to health and diseases separately.