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*Out of the three ''doshas'', ''vata dosha'' is considered supreme because it regulates all functions in the body including movement of the other two ''doshas'', such as the functions of any system concerned with regulation, signalling, conduction and control of any information or any system in our body.
*Out of the three ''doshas'', ''vata dosha'' is considered supreme because it regulates all functions in the body including movement of the other two ''doshas'', such as the functions of any system concerned with regulation, signalling, conduction and control of any information or any system in our body.
*Qualities of ''vata guna'' of ''vata'' is classified into three types, viz. ''naisargika guna, prakrtika guna'' and ''bhautika guna'':
*Qualities of ''vata guna'' of ''vata'' is classified into three types, viz. ''naisargika guna, prakrtika guna'' and ''bhautika guna'':
**''Naisargika guna'' or ''pratyatma niyata guna'' (cardinal features) of ''vata dosha'' is ''sparsha'' (touch sensation). Along with this quality, ''vata'' possesses the qualities of ether (or the ''akasha mahabhuta'') e.g, ''shabda'' (sound). Therefore ''vata'' possesses ''sparsha'' as well as ''shabda gunas'' as the process of ''anyonyanu pravesha'' (combination, interrelationship).
* Cardinal features (''Naisargika guna'' or ''pratyatma niyata guna'') of ''vata dosha'' is ''sparsha'' (touch sensation). Along with this quality, ''vata'' possesses the qualities of ether (or the ''akasha mahabhuta'') e.g, ''shabda'' (sound). Therefore ''vata'' possesses ''sparsha'' as well as ''shabda gunas'' as the process of ''anyonyanu pravesha'' (combination, interrelationship).
**The ''prakritika guna'' (constitutional property) of ''vata'' is ''raja guna'' , as it is told to be ''rajo bahulya''.
**The ''prakritika guna'' (constitutional property) of ''vata'' is ''raja guna'' , as it is told to be ''rajo bahulya''.
**''Bhautika'' means the quality derived from the ''mahabhutas''. The ''bhautika gunas'' of ''vata dosha'' are ''ruksha'' (dryness), ''sheeta'' (coldness), ''laghu'' (lightness), ''sukshma'' (minuteness), ''chala'' (movement), ''vishada'' (clearness) and ''khara'' (roughness).
**''Bhautika'' means the quality derived from the ''mahabhutas''. The ''bhautika gunas'' of ''vata dosha'' are ''ruksha'' (dryness), ''sheeta'' (coldness), ''laghu'' (lightness), ''sukshma'' (minuteness), ''chala'' (movement), ''vishada'' (clearness) and ''khara'' (roughness).