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== Lokapurusha samanya ==
== Lokapurusha samanya ==
<div style='text-align:justify;'>The universe's entire production process is controlled by kapha. The kapha dosha in the human body represents the jala and prithvimahabhuta. The moon, sun, and wind are responsible for nourishing (visarga), exhausting (adana), and dispersing (vikshepa) in the universe. Similarly, the kapha, pitta, and vata do the same things in the human body.[Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 29/6]<ref name="ref3"/> </div>
<div style='text-align:justify;'>The universe's entire production process is controlled by kapha. The kapha dosha in the human body represents the jala and prithvimahabhuta. The moon, sun, and wind are responsible for nourishing (visarga), exhausting (adana), and dispersing (vikshepa) in the universe. Similarly, the kapha, pitta, and vata do the same things in the human body.[Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 29/6]<ref name="ref3"/> </div>
== Factors responsible for abnormal states of kapha ==
<div style='text-align:justify;'>Certain factors cause excess or decline of kapha in the human body. These factors are natural or unavoidable and artificial or avoidable. </div>
=== Natural factors: ===
<div style='text-align:justify;'>These factors are the essential components of biological rhythm occurring in the external as well as internal environment of the body. This natural increase is physiological. These factors are as follows:[Su.Sa. Sutra Sthana 21/24]<ref name="ref3"/>, [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana1/8]<ref name="ref8"/>, [A.Hr. Sutra Sthana12/24-25]<ref name="ref8"/> [A.Hr. NidanaSthana1/17-18]<ref name="ref8"/>(Figure 05)
<ul><li style="font-weight:bold">Season(ritu): <span style="font-weight:normal">Kapha undergoes accumulation in winter(hemant and shishira), gets vitiated in during spring(vasanta) and subsides to normal during summer(grishma).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Various stages of digestion of food: <span style="font-weight:normal">Kaphagetsincreasedduring thefirst stage of digestion or immediately after eating food(bhuktamatra).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Biological rhythm of day and night: <span style="font-weight:normal">Kaphais increased in the morning (purvahe) and evening (purvaratre or pradoshe).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Habitat(desha): <span style="font-weight:normal">Marshy area (anupa).</span></li>
<li style="font-weight:bold">Age (vaya): <span style="font-weight:normal">In childhood, kapha is dominant as compared to other dosha.</span></li></ul>
[[File:Kapha Fig5.jpg|center|Figure 05: Natural factors responsible for kapha vriddhi.]]<center>'''Figure 05: Natural factors responsible for kapha vriddhi.'''</center></div>