Abstract

A FOCUS ON DRISHTI CONCEPT IN SHALAKYA LITERAL REVIEW

Dr. Shabaz Mansoori*

Abstract

There are five sense organs i.e. eye, ear, nose, tongue and skin. Among these sense organs, Ayurveda gives prime importance to the eye. It says “sarvendriyaanam nayanam pradhanam”. Innumerable researches and experiments are going on in the field of Ayurveda but some controversies are still remaining. Drishti is one of the controversial terminologies in Shalakya Tantra and there are many concepts which have been given time to time and are still evolving. At some places Drishti is taken as a functional entity and at other places as a structural unit. It also appears to have both structural and functional properties in few contexts. Our ancient Acharyas have explained Netra Rachna Sharir, Netra Kriya Sharir in a beautiful descriptive manner, still there is need of exploring the terminologies for proper understanding of pathogenesis of Netra Rogas and their treatments so that implementation of Ayurvedic concepts can be done in eradication of Drishtigata Rogas in a fruitful manner to serve the humanity.

Keywords: Drishti, Drishtigat roga, Shalakya, Ayurveda, Netra Rachna Sharir.