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Purusha Vichaya Sharira (view source)
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The term ''purusha vichayam'' means the search of the purusha (individual person’s living body) or the analytical study of the ''purusha''. Since Vedic times, sages and practitioners of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda] studied the environment and the various features that constituted the loka (realm or world) and its impact on the ''purusha'' (person). Many civilizations have acknowledged the relationship between man and his environment, but Vedic scholars recorded their observations of the similarities in the ''avyava'' (component) of ''loka'' and ''purusha'', concluding that the person is the replica of the universe (''Yatha Pinde Tatha Brahmande''). Lord Atreya dedicated this chapter to the study of the purusha underscoring this belief. Charaka advised maintaining a harmony between man and his environment to attain the prime objectives of a human life – blissful life (''sukhayu''), useful life (''hitayu''), and salvation (''moksha'').
The term ''purusha vichayam'' means the search of the purusha (individual person’s living body) or the analytical study of the ''purusha''. Since Vedic times, sages and practitioners of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda] studied the environment and the various features that constituted the loka (realm or world) and its impact on the ''purusha'' (person). Many civilizations have acknowledged the relationship between man and his environment, but Vedic scholars recorded their observations of the similarities in the ''avyava'' (component) of ''loka'' and ''purusha'', concluding that the person is the replica of the universe (''Yatha Pinde Tatha Brahmande''). Lord Atreya dedicated this chapter to the study of the purusha underscoring this belief. Charaka advised maintaining a harmony between man and his environment to attain the prime objectives of a human life – blissful life (''sukhayu''), useful life (''hitayu''), and salvation (''moksha'').
===Sanskrit text, Transliteration and English Translation===
अथातः पुरुषविचयं शारीरं व्याख्यास्यामः||१||
अथातः पुरुषविचयं शारीरं व्याख्यास्यामः||१||
इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः||२||
इति ह स्माह भगवानात्रेयः||२||