It means diagnosis and causative factors. The section Nidana Sthana deals with knowledge of disease in detail.
Synonyms
Types
Nidana is of three types:
- Asatmyendriyarthasamyoga (unsuitable contact of sense organs with their objects)
- Pragyaparadha (intellectual errors or knowingly engaging in harmful activities), and
- Kala (time, seasonal, temporal factors).