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Dosha are the physiological factors responsible for functions in normal state and pathogenesis of diseases in an abnormal state. Their state of equilibrium is one of the important pre-requisite for health.
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===Etymological meaning===
===Etymological meaning===
The literal meaning of the term Dosha states the independent capacity of body to vitiate, adulterate or contaminate any subtle to gross tissue or structure. On the other hand these dosha are also involved during the conception or fertilization period influencing the formation of new zygote. So whichever the dosha completely dominates throughout the phase of zygote formation may eventually reflect all the characteristics and attribute as a part of behavior or temperament - Prakruti, throughout the lifetime of that particular individual.
The literal meaning of the term Dosha states the independent capacity of body to vitiate, adulterate or contaminate any subtle to gross tissue or structure. On the other hand these dosha are also involved during the conception or fertilization period influencing the formation of new zygote. So whichever the dosha completely dominates throughout the phase of zygote formation may eventually reflect all the characteristics and attribute as a part of behavior or temperament - Prakruti, throughout the lifetime of that particular individual.
Thus the etymological meaning of the term Dosha stands as - whoever is independent, responsible for formation of Prakruti and is highly prone to get vitiated thus creating any abnormal pathology. These three dosha are omnipresent in the living body sustaining the integrity of Prana in its
Thus the etymological meaning of the term Dosha stands as - whoever is independent, responsible for formation of Prakruti and is highly prone to get vitiated thus creating any abnormal pathology. This altogether comprises three aspects for recognization of Dosha - Prakruti arambhak, Svatantra, and Dushti kartutvam. These three dosha are omnipresent in the living body sustaining the integrity of Prana in its
normal stages while the same is responsible for disease ailments when vitiated.
normal stages while the same is responsible for disease ailments when vitiated.
===Definition===
===Definition===
Dosha are generally said to be the humors of the body as per [[Ayurveda]]. These humors may be different as per the physical and psychological aspect of the body. Any substance which is independent in capacity to work, exclusively involved in Prakruti formation physiologically and tends to easily gets deviated to create any pathology is termed to be Dosha. This altogether makes the Dosha a different one from the humors of Greek or Latin philosophy.
Dosha are generally said to be the humors of the body as per [[Ayurveda]]. These humors may be different as per the physical and psychological aspect of the body. Any substance which is independent in capacity to work, exclusively involved in Prakruti formation physiologically and tends to easily gets deviated to create any pathology is termed to be Dosha. This altogether makes the Dosha a different one from the humors of Greek or Latin philosophy.
However the term dosha is popularized by the tendency of them to create pathology by deviation in the normal functioning of the body.
However the term dosha is popularized by the tendency of them to create pathology by deviation in the normal functioning of the body.
At physical level there are three Sharirik dosha which are - Vata, Pitta and Kapha. At psychological level there are only two Mansik dosha namely - Raja and Tama. <ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Deerghanjivitiya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 25. URL. http://www.carakasamhitaonline.com/mediawiki-1.32.1/index.php?title=Deerghanjiviteeya_Adhyaya. </ref>
At physical level there are three Sharirik dosha which are - Vata, Pitta and Kapha. At psychological level there are only two Mansik dosha namely - Raja and Tama. <ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Deerghanjivitiya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 25. URL. http://www.carakasamhitaonline.com/mediawiki-1.32.1/index.php?title=Deerghanjiviteeya_Adhyaya. </ref>
#Pitta dosha - Teja or Agni
#Pitta dosha - Teja or Agni
#Kapha dosha - Prithvi and Jala
#Kapha dosha - Prithvi and Jala
===Table 1:Elemental composition of dosha as per different Ayurvedic contexts===
===Table 1:Elemental composition of dosha as per different Ayurvedic contexts===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
===Table 2:Comparative analysis of properties of Vata Dosha===
===Table 2:Comparative analysis of properties of Vata Dosha===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Charak Samhita'''<ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Deerghanjivitiya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 27.</ref>!! '''Sushrut Samhita'''<ref>Yadavji Trikamji Acharya. Sushrut Samhita. Nidan Sthan. Vatavyadhi Nidan. Chaukhamba Sanskrit Sansthan. Reprint 2012. Pg. No. 257.</ref>!! '''Ashtanga Hridaya'''<ref>Kaviraj Atridev Gupta. Ashtang Hridayam. Sutra Sthan. Ayushkamiya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 27.</ref>!!'''Kashyap Samhita'''!!'''Sharangdhara Samhita'''
! Sr. No'''!! Charak Samhita'''<ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Deerghanjivitiya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 27.</ref>!! '''Sushrut Samhita'''<ref>Yadavji Trikamji Acharya. Sushrut Samhita. Nidan Sthan. Vatavyadhi Nidan. Chaukhamba Sanskrit Sansthan. Reprint 2012. Pg. No. 257.</ref>!! '''Ashtanga Hridaya'''<ref>Kaviraj Atridev Gupta. Ashtang Hridayam. Sutra Sthan. Ayushkamiya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 27.</ref>!!'''Kashyap Samhita'''!!'''Sharangdhara Samhita'''
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 1
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ruksha (Dryness)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 2
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (Light weightedness)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 3
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Khara (Rough)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 4
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Khara (Rough)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Khara (Rough)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Khara (Rough)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Khara (Rough)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Khara (Rough)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Chala (Movable)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 5
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Chala (Movable)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Chala (Movable)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Chala (Movable)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Chala (Movable)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Chala (Movable)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sukshma (Fine or Subtle)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 6
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sukshma (Fine or Subtle)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sukshma (Fine or Subtle)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sukshma (Fine or Subtle)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sukshma (Fine or Subtle)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sukshma (Fine or Subtle)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Vishad (Cleaning or Removing tendency or Non-slimy), Daruna (Harshness)<ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Vatakalakaliya Adhyaya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 172.</ref>, Yogavahi (Synergistic in action)<ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Jwara Chikitsa. Reprint 2007.</ref>
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 7
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Vishad (Cleaning or Removing tendency or Non-slimy), Daruna (Harshness)<ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Vatakalakaliya Adhyaya. Reprint 2007. Pg. No. 172.</ref>, Yogavahi (Synergistic in action)<ref>Kashinath Shastri. Charak Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Jwara Chikitsa. Reprint 2007.</ref>
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tiryag (no any specific direction /Oblique), Dviguna (Shabda - Sound and Sparsha - Touch), Rajo bahula (mutually interdependent with Rajasik - exciting factors at psychological level), Achintya virya (Unimaginable potency), Doshanam neta (Primary to all other dosha), Roga Samuharat (Capable to vitiate enough to produce multiple diseases), Ashukari (Very quick in action), Muhushchari (Repeated tendency)[6]
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tiryag (no any specific direction /Oblique), Dviguna (Shabda - Sound and Sparsha - Touch), Rajo bahula (mutually interdependent with Rajasik - exciting factors at psychological level), Achintya virya (Unimaginable potency), Doshanam neta (Primary to all other dosha), Roga Samuharat (Capable to vitiate enough to produce multiple diseases), Ashukari (Very quick in action), Muhushchari (Repeated tendency)[6]
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" |
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" |
===Table 3:Comparative analysis of properties of Pitta Dosha===
===Table 3:Comparative analysis of properties of Pitta Dosha===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Charak Samhita''' !! ''Sushruta Samhita<ref>Yadavji Trikamji Acharya. Sushrut Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Vranaprashniya. Chaukhamba Sanskrit Sansthan. Reprint 2012. Pg. No. 89.</ref>''!! ''Ashtanga Hridaya''!!''Kashyap Samhita''!! ''Sharangdhar Samhita''!!
! Sr. No'''!! Charak Samhita''' !! ''Sushruta Samhita<ref>Yadavji Trikamji Acharya. Sushrut Samhita. Sutra Sthan. Vranaprashniya. Chaukhamba Sanskrit Sansthan. Reprint 2012. Pg. No. 89.</ref>''!! ''Ashtanga Hridaya''!!''Kashyap Samhita''!! ''Sharangdhar Samhita''!!
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sa-sneha (slightly unctuous)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 1
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sa-sneha (slightly unctuous)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sa-sneha (slightly unctuous)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sa-sneha (slightly unctuous)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 2
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Ushna (Hot)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tikshna (Sharp)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 3
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tikshna (Sharp)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tikshna (Sharp)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tikshna (Sharp)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tikshna (Sharp)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Tikshna (Sharp)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 4
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Drava (Liquid)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Amla (Sour in taste), Katu (Bitter in taste)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 5
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Amla (Sour in taste), Katu (Bitter in taste)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Katu (Normally Bitter in taste), Amla (Sour in taste abnormally)[8]
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Katu (Normally Bitter in taste), Amla (Sour in taste abnormally)[8]
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Katu - Tikta (Bitter and Spicy in taste normally), Amla (Sour in taste abnormally)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Katu - Tikta (Bitter and Spicy in taste normally), Amla (Sour in taste abnormally)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 6
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Pita (Normally Yellowish in appearance), Nila (Bluish appearance abnormally)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Pita (Normally Yellowish in appearance), Nila (Bluish appearance abnormally)
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Vistra (Foul smelling)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 7
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Vistra (Foul smelling)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Puti (Putrid smelling)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Vistra (Foul smelling)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" |
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" |
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 8
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Laghu (light weightedness)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sara (Secretory)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 9
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sara (Secretory)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sara (Secretory)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 10
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Satvagunottaram (Dominant Satvik guna at psychological level)
|-
|-
|}
|}
===Table 4:Comparative analysis of properties of Kapha Dosha===
'''Kapha Dosha'''
{| class="wikitable"
! Sr. No'''!! Charak Samhita'''!! '''Sushrut Samhita'''!! '''Ashtanga Hridaya'''!!'''Sharangdhara Samhita'''
'''Charak Samhita''' -
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 1
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Guru (Heavy)
'''Sushruta Samhita''' -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Guru (Heavy)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Guru (Heavy)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Guru (Heavy)
|-
Snigdha (Unctuous), Shita (Cold), Guru (Heavy), Manda (Slow and Sluggish), Shlakshna (Sticky), Mrutsna (Slimy), Sthir (Stable)
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 2
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Shita (Cold)
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 3
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Snigdha (Unctuous)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Snigdha (Unctuous)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Snigdha (Unctuous)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Snigdha (Unctuous)
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 4
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Pichhila (Slimy, Sticky in nature)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Pichhila (Slimy, Sticky in nature)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Mrutsna (Slimy)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Pichhila (Slimy, Sticky in nature)
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 5
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sthir (Stable)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Sthir (Stable)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 6
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Madhur (Sweet in taste)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Madhur (Sweet in taste)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | -
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | Madhur (Sweet in taste)
|-
|}
==Importance of Dosha==
==Importance of Dosha==
Body is continuously exposed to the external environment and is under the influence of seasonal impact every now and then. Dosha as per their normal tendency of deviation, tends to deviate with the change in season. Dosha starts accumulating further aggravating and then after alleviating due to seasonal changes. This variation and deviation of dosha from its normalcy is completely physiological subject to proper implementation and practicing seasonal regimen as mentioned by Ayurveda classics. It is essential to know the stage wise variation of dosha to prevent from experiencing any pathological ailments or landing into diseases. This concept is also known as - Physiological Kriyakala.
Body is continuously exposed to the external environment and is under the influence of seasonal impact every now and then. Dosha as per their normal tendency of deviation, tends to deviate with the change in season. Dosha starts accumulating further aggravating and then after alleviating due to seasonal changes. This variation and deviation of dosha from its normalcy is completely physiological subject to proper implementation and practicing seasonal regimen as mentioned by Ayurveda classics. It is essential to know the stage wise variation of dosha to prevent from experiencing any pathological ailments or landing into diseases. This concept is also known as - Physiological Kriyakala.
===Table 2:Physiological Kriyakala===
===Table 5:Physiological Kriyakala===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Dosha''' !! ''Chaya (Stage of Accumulation of Dosha)''!! ''Prakop (Stage of Aggravation of Dosha)''!!''Prasham (Stage of Alleviation of Dosha)''
! Sr. No'''!! Dosha''' !! ''Chaya (Stage of Accumulation of Dosha)''!! ''Prakop (Stage of Aggravation of Dosha)''!!''Prasham (Stage of Alleviation of Dosha)''
|-
|-
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Vata''
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 1
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Vata''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Grishma'' (Summer)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Grishma'' (Summer)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Varsha'' (Rainy season)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Varsha'' (Rainy season)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Sharad'' (Autumn)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Sharad'' (Autumn)
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! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Pitta''
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 2
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Pitta''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Varsha'' (Rainy season)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Varsha'' (Rainy season)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Sharad'' (Autumn)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Sharad'' (Autumn)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Hemant'' (Pre-Winter)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Hemant'' (Pre-Winter)
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! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Kapha''
! rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | 3
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Kapha''
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Shishir'' (Winter)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Shishir'' (Winter)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Vasant'' (Spring)
| rowspan="1" style="text-align: left;" | ''Vasant'' (Spring)
* ते एव च व्यापन्नाः प्रलयहेतवः | - सु.सू.२१/३
* ते एव च व्यापन्नाः प्रलयहेतवः | - सु.सू.२१/३
==Locations of Dosha==
These are omnipresent throughout the body. They are continuously in a state of circulation maintaining, regulating and governing all the physiological activities throughout the body. Simultaneously, by the virtue of practicing dosha vitiating factors, the same dosha are also on the verge of deviation due to which body is constantly under the threat of surrendering and becoming host to any disease. Based on this concept, the general location of dosha can be categorized into two as - General location & Specific location.
These are omnipresent throughout the body. They are continuously in a state of circulation maintaining, regulating and governing all the physiological activities throughout the body. Simultaneously, by the virtue of practicing dosha vitiating factors, the same dosha are also on the verge of deviation due to which body is constantly under the threat of surrendering and becoming host to any disease. Based on this concept, the general location of dosha can be categorized into two as - General location & Specific location.
'''Specific location of Dosha'''
'''Specific location of Dosha'''
===Table 3:Specific location of Physical Dosha as per different Ayurveda Scholars===
===Table 6:Specific location of Physical Dosha as per different Ayurveda Scholars===
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== Relations of Dosha ==
== Relations of Dosha ==
=== Interrelation between Dosha and Mahabhuta ===
=== Interrelation between Dosha and Mahabhuta ===
It is mentioned above on the same page under the constitution of Dosha.
It is mentioned above on the same page under the constitution of Dosha.
It is shown in the table below -
It is shown in the table below -
'''Table: Interrelation between Dosha and Dushya'''
'''Table 7: Interrelation between Dosha and Dushya'''
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It is shown in the table below -
It is shown in the table below -
'''Table: Interrelation between Dosha and Rasa'''
'''Table 8: Interrelation between Dosha and Rasa'''
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=== Interrelation between Dosha and Rutu ===
=== Interrelation between Dosha and Rutu ===
Dosha within the body are having constant impact of season and external climacteric conditions over them. So, with the change of external climacteric conditions the status of dosha too gets deviated from normalcy. However, it gets stabilized automatically by adoption and practicing of seasonal regimen guidelines mentioned in Rutucharya Adhyaya of Charak samhita.
Dosha within the body are having constant impact of season and external climacteric conditions over them. So, with the change of external climacteric conditions the status of dosha too gets deviated from normalcy. However, it gets stabilized automatically by adoption and practicing of seasonal regimen guidelines mentioned in Rutucharya Adhyaya of Charak samhita.
The same is highlighted in the table of Physiological Kriyakala, mentioned above.
The same is highlighted in the table of Physiological Kriyakala, mentioned above.
Tridosha are the working biophysical entities influencing almost every physiological activity within the body. Dosha also affect the status of Jatharagni thereby altering the digestive capabilities of Agni. It is due to the dominancy of a group of properties of any of the Dosha. It is mentioned below -
Tridosha are the working biophysical entities influencing almost every physiological activity within the body. Dosha also affect the status of Jatharagni thereby altering the digestive capabilities of Agni. It is due to the dominancy of a group of properties of any of the Dosha. It is mentioned below -
'''Table: Interrelation between Dosha and Agni'''
'''Table 9: Interrelation between Dosha and Agni'''
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The same dosha by the virtue of respective guna, influence the status of the mucosal gut lining which affects the intestinal environment and bowel habits. The same is mentioned in the table below -
The same dosha by the virtue of respective guna, influence the status of the mucosal gut lining which affects the intestinal environment and bowel habits. The same is mentioned in the table below -
'''Table: Interrelation between Dosha and Koshta'''
'''Table 10: Interrelation between Dosha and Koshta'''
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== Clinical aspects of Dosha ==
'''Diagnosis of the abnormal state of Dosha'''
वाते पित्ते कफे चैव क्षीणे लक्षणमुच्यते| कर्मणः प्राकृताद्धानिर्वृद्धिर्वाऽपि विरोधिनाम् || Cha.Sa.Su.18/52
Any decrease in Vata, pitta, and Kapha is thus indicated by a decrease in their natural functions or an increase in functions of opposite dosha. (this is indicated by the properties associated with any of these doshas, for example, reduced unctuousness indicates a decrease in Kapha, etc).
दोषप्रकृतिवैशेष्यं नियतं वृद्धिलक्षणम्| दोषाणां प्रकृतिर्हानिर्वृद्धिश्चैवं परीक्ष्यते || Cha.Sa.Su.18/53
Conversely, any aggravation in dosha is indicated by an increase in their normal functions. Thus normalcy, decrease, and aggravation of dosha are examined.
'''Diseases due to Dosha'''
There are three types of diseases – Nija (endogenous), agantuja (exogenous), and manasa (psychological). Nija vyadhi (endogenous diseases) are caused by the vitiation of body doshas (Vata, Pitta, and Kapha). Agantuja (exogenous diseases) are caused bhuta (invisible organisms), poisonous substances, wind, fire, and trauma. Manasa (psychological diseases) are caused by a conflict between not getting the desired things and getting non desired things.
'''Treatment for Dosha'''
प्रशाम्यत्यौषधैः पूर्वो दैवयुक्तिव्यपाश्रयैः| मानसो ज्ञानविज्ञानधैर्यस्मृतिसमाधिभिः || Cha.Sa.Su.1/58
The former ones (sharira dosha) are pacified by remedial measures of divine and rational qualities while the latter ones (manas dosha) can be treated with general and specific knowledge, temperance, memory, and concentration.
दोषाः क्षीणा बृंहयितव्याः, कुपिताः प्रशमयितव्याः, वृद्धा निर्हर्तव्याः, समाः परिपाल्या इति सिद्धान्तः || Su.Sa.Chi.33/3
The principle of treatment is to augment the loss or deficiency, to pacify the aggravation and reduced or remove increment of the Dosha and maintain them in a stare of healthy equilibrium.