Abstract

MEASUREMENT OF ‘MAHALALAT’ LAKSHANANI IN SHLESHMALPRAKRUTI PERSON AS MENTIONED IN ASTHANG HRUDAYAM

*Dr. Swati Chetan Chaudhari and Dr. M. A. Randive

ABSTRACT

Ayurved is based upon basic principles which are mentioned in ayur-vedic literature i.e. samhita like bhruhattrayi and so on. One of these samhita is ashtang hrudayam which has mentioned ―Mahalat‖ lakshan in kapha prakruti while describing doshaj prakriti lakshanani .Aim of this project is to revalidate the realation between kapha prakruti and mahalalat and also to provide a parameter for measuring mahalalat . For this project 400 volunteers are selected by inclusion and exclusion criteria. Then prakruti parikshan is accessed with help of prakruti parikshan format of MUHS undergraduate journal. No ekdoshaj prakruti found so dwandwaj prakruti with one prominent dosha is se-lected and distributed in 3 groups i.e. kaphapradha prakruti, pittapra- dhan prakruti, vatapradhan prakrut, 70 volunteers in each group. Then Swanguli praman parikshan is done with help of vernier caliper and measurement of lalat is done by measuring tape of each volunteer. Measurement of latat more than 4 swanguli praman is considered as ‗Mahalalat‘. All data submitted to statistical analysis. Result of statistical analysis shows– the proportion of having Mahalalat is considerably high in KaphapradhanPrakruti than that in Pitta pradhanPrakruti and VatapradhanPrakruti. Therefore Mahalalat is having relation with KaphapradhanPrakruti dominantly.

Keywords: Prakruti, swa anguli praman, vernier caliper, mahalalat.