![]() ![]() However, due to suppression by foreign invaders and rulers of India for several centuries, Ayurveda went through its period of stagnation, or dark ages. ![]() This knowledge was documented in the Brihatrayi (three major treatise), of which the Charak Samhita is considered the most important and definitive. Teachers would pass on their wisdom – updated with this scientific inquiry and application of their own learnings- to their students in an interactive manner, called as the Guru-Shishya (teacher/student) tradition. Within communities, scientific knowledge was created by an interchange of information between patients, physicians, and researchers. Considered a supplement to the Vedas, Ayurveda is a comprehensive system of health that focuses on leading a healthy life, helping an individual do his righteous duties ( dharma), acquire wealth ( artha) and gratification of desires ( kama), and attain emancipation ( moksha).įor thousands of years, Ayurveda evolved through a process of scientific inquiry involving the communities or societies ( loka). ![]() ![]() Ayurveda, the Science of Life, traces back its origin to the Vedic ages in India. ![]()
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