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<p style='text-align:justify;'>[[Ayurveda|Ayurveda]] is the science of life as the traditional scientific system rendering holistic healthcare to the population.<ref name="ref1">Patwardhan B. Bridging Ayurveda with evidence-based scientific approaches in medicine. EPMA J. 2014;5(1):19. Published 2014 Nov 1. doi:10.1186/1878-5085-5-19 </ref> It has the foundation of scientific principles (siddhanta, vada) contributing to the preventive and curative aspects of the [[Health|health]] of every individual, like other relevant, contemporary, and recent sciences. It is thus necessary to understand [[Ayurveda|Ayurveda]] by establishing it through the concept of shastra mentioned across the texts. Shastra is a branch of knowledge or classic, scripture, or science. [SAT-A.24]<ref name="ref2">Sastra , Namaste Portal,  Standardised Ayurveda Terminologies, Available from http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat </ref> The three major texts (brihadtrayee), minor texts (laghutrayee), and contemporary [[Ayurveda|ayurveda]] texts that fulfill the criteria can also be considered shastra. This article deals with the aspects of [[Ayurveda|ayurveda]] to establish it as shastra or science contributing to the scientific descriptions and knowledge mentioned in the text.</p>

<p style='text-align:justify;'>[[Ayurveda|Ayurveda]] is the science of life as the traditional scientific system rendering holistic healthcare to the population.<ref name="ref1">Patwardhan B. Bridging Ayurveda with evidence-based scientific approaches in medicine. EPMA J. 2014;5(1):19. Published 2014 Nov 1. doi:10.1186/1878-5085-5-19 </ref> It has the foundation of scientific principles (siddhanta, vada) contributing to the preventive and curative aspects of the [[Health|health]] of every individual. It is thus necessary to understand [[Ayurveda|Ayurveda]] by establishing it through the concept of shastra mentioned across the texts. Shastra is a branch of knowledge or classic, scripture, or science. [SAT-A.24]<ref name="ref2">Sastra , Namaste Portal,  Standardised Ayurveda Terminologies, Available from http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/sat </ref> The three major texts (brihadtrayee), minor texts (laghutrayee), and contemporary [[Ayurveda|ayurveda]] texts that fulfill the criteria can also be considered shastra. This article deals with the aspects of [[Ayurveda|ayurveda]] to establish it as shastra or science contributing to the scientific descriptions and knowledge mentioned in the text.</p>

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