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Normally all senses are specific for a special purpose. One cannot be a replaced by another. Usually there is a good synchrony seen during functioning of sensory organs.
Normally all senses are specific for a special purpose. One cannot be a replaced by another. Usually there is a good synchrony seen during functioning of sensory organs.
''Achara rasayana'' (Code and conduct of society): A child and his ''indriya'' start getting trained according to codes and conducts of the society soon after birth and grow in that society normally and there is continued training throughout life. Pragyaparadha (intellectual errors) leads to altered behavior by false and uncontrolled perception by Indriya or senses, this can also occur because of alcohol, substance abuse or mental illness etc. If there is no known cause for the altered behavior then it can be called arishta and has been considered as a sign of fatality.
''Achara rasayana'' (Code and conduct of society): A child and his ''indriya'' start getting trained according to codes and conducts of the society soon after birth and grow in that society normally and there is continued training throughout life. ''Pragyaparadha'' (intellectual errors) leads to altered behavior by false and uncontrolled perception by ''indriya'' or senses, this can also occur because of alcohol, substance abuse or mental illness etc. If there is no known cause for the altered behavior then it can be called ''arishta'' and has been considered as a sign of fatality.
This chapter deals about the various perversions of the perception of the sensory organs. All these symptoms resemble the manifestations also seen in psychiatric conditions. It is important to keep in mind that arishta lakshana should be considered after excluding known conditions causing such symptoms, then only they should be valued as a tool to gauge span of life.
This chapter deals about the various perversions of the perception of the sensory organs. All these symptoms resemble the manifestations also seen in psychiatric conditions. It is important to keep in mind that ''arishta lakshana'' should be considered after excluding known conditions causing such symptoms, then only they should be valued as a tool to gauge span of life.
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