Abstract

CRITICAL ANALYSIS ON SADVRITTA – A CONCEPTUAL STUDY

Dr. Guruprasad K.*

Abstract

Ayurveda is a science of life which is having preliminary aim as maintenance of health of a healthy individual. Health includes physical, mental, social and spiritual health, every classical text of Ayurveda explains physical and mental health in similar context excluding these regarding social and spiritual health has been explained under the caption of Sadvritta and Achara Rasayana. These are code of conducts for keeping balanced condition of body and mind, the code of conduct which includes Ethical, Social, Psychological and moral conducts of human personality. Inculcating these principles will maintain equilibrium condition of mind and body, ignoring of these ethics will leads to psychosomatic disorders. In this conceptual article briefly reviews Ayurveda classical texts to draw a conclusion on Sadvritta and Achara Rasayana. This article also explains importance of Ethical and Code of conduct in maintaining psychological health in an individual.

Keywords: Sadvritta, Achara Rasayana, Ayurveda, Social health, psychological health.