Abstract

CONCEPT OF TWAK IN AYURVEDA- AN OVERVIEW

Ashwathykutty V.* and Rakesh Narayanan V.

Abstract

Twak sarira is indeed an unexplored area in ayurvedic sarira vijnana. Twak is not just an external covering, but an important seat for vata, pitta and the most important sensory faculty, sparsanendriya. Twak is essentially sapta dhatvatmaka and Many skin manifestations are reflections of internal dhatu dushti or even Agni dushti. In this light an attempt is made to critically analyse the rferences related to twak sarira in Ayurveda to explore the applied aspects of twak sarira.

Keywords: Twak sarira, Ayurveda, Guna configuration.