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<div style='text-align:justify;'>Pitta dosha is responsible for maintaining body temperature, digestion and metabolism. Pitta dosha is agni mahabhuta predominant. [Code:SAT-B.401]<ref>National AYUSH Morbidity and Standardized Terminologies Electronic Portal by Ministry of AYUSH Available on http://namstp.ayush.gov.in/#/Ayurveda</ref> This chapter describes the physiological functions and pathological importance of pitta dosha. </div>
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|data2 = Bhojani M. K. <sup>1</sup>,<br/>Tanwar Ankur Kumar <sup>1</sup>
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|data3 = Basisht G.<sup>2</sup>,
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|data4 = Deole Y.S.<sup>3</sup>
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|data5 = <sup>1</sup> Department of Sharir Kriya, All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, India <br/><sup>2</sup> Rheumatologist, Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. <br/><sup>3</sup>Department of Kayachikitsa, G.J.Patel Institute of Ayurvedic Studies and Research, New Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat, India
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== Etymology and derivation ==
<div style='text-align:justify;'>The word ‘Pitta’ is derived from Sanskrit root “tap”.<ref name="ref2">Sushruta. Sushruta Samhita. Edited by JadavajiTrikamjiAacharya. 8th ed. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Orientalia;2005.</ref> [Su. Sa.Sutra Sthana 21/5]The root word ‘tap’has three meaning:1) tap dahe means to burn, 2) tap santape means heat generator and 3) tap aishwarye means able to procure eight types of attainments of a yogi (animadi aishwarye).<ref name="ref3">Amarkosa. Amarsimha, Edited by Pt. Haragovinda sastri. Reprint Ed. Varanasi:Chaukhambha Sanskrit Sansthan, 2020.</ref> Dahana denotes transformation or conversion (paka) in the living body. This explains the function of pitta is the transformation or modification of one substance to other. </div>
==More information==
== Synonyms<ref name="ref3"/><ref name="ref4">Monier-Williams. Monier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press;1899.</ref> ==
Mayu, teja, ushma, agni, anala, bile, to inflame, to nourish, a type of kala in the body.
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== Bhautika composition ==
<div style='text-align:justify;'>Pitta dosha has dominance of teja mahabhauta.<ref name="ref5"> </ref>[A.S. Sutra Sthana 20/1]Pitta dosha is originated from agni or teja mahabhauta.<ref name="ref2"/>[Chakrapani on Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 15/8][Figure 01] </div>
=== Pitta dosha and triguna ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>All the living & nonliving things originate from panchamahabhuta which originate from trigunatmaka prakriti as described in evolution process (utpatti karma). Dosha are evolved from panchamahbhuta, so these dosha bear triguna property. Pitta is evolved from agni that has sattva and raja predominance.<ref name="ref2"/> [Su. Sa.Sharira Sthana 1/20] Sharangdhara and Bhavaprakasha opines that pitta has sattva predominance. [Sha.Sa.Pratham Khand 5]<ref name="ref6">Vagbhata. Ashtanga Samgraha. Edited by Shivprasadsharma. 3rd Ed., Varanasi: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office; 2012.</ref> [Bh. P. Purva Khand 3/103]<ref name="ref7">Sharngdhara. Sarngadhara Samhita. Edited by Parashuram Shastri Vidyasagar. Varanasi: Chaukhambha Surbharati Prakashan ;2013.</ref><br/>[Figure 01]
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