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It means diagnosis and causative factors. The section [[Nidana Sthana]] deals with knowledge of disease in detail.
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It means causative factor. The broad meaning of Nidana includes diagnosis and knowledge of disease. The section [[Nidana Sthana]] deals with knowledge of disease in detail.
  
 
==Synonyms==
 
==Synonyms==

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It means causative factor. The broad meaning of Nidana includes diagnosis and knowledge of disease. The section Nidana Sthana deals with knowledge of disease in detail.

Synonyms

Types

Nidana is of three types:

  1. Asatmyendriyarthasamyoga (unsuitable contact of sense organs with their objects)
  2. Pragyaparadha (intellectual errors or knowingly engaging in harmful activities), and
  3. Kala (time, seasonal, temporal factors).

More information

Jwara Nidana