Archive for January, 2009
The Brahmanas
Friday, January 30, 2009 17:05 No CommentsThe Brahmanas (Preceptor Class) Became The Dispensers Of Religion Of Laws And Of Medicine. They Exhibited A Superiority Of Intelligence Which, With The Execption Of The Greeks, Is In Vain Looked For In Other Ancient Nations. In Ancient India, The Aryan Literature Was Highly Cherished And Fully Cared For By The Princes And Opulent Individuals, [...]
The Rishi Scholars
Friday, January 30, 2009 16:45 No CommentsFrom The Very Beginning Of The Vedic Period There Appears On The Field, A Class Of Rsis Who Were The Real Exponents Of Aryan Culture And Who Devoted Their Live To Disinterested Psychological And Scientific Inquiry In Thinking, Imagination, Reasoning And Generalization. These Rsis Were The Proto-Types Of Our Modern Scientific Research Scholars. These Rsi [...]
Conditions Of Life In Ancient India Aryan Culture
Friday, January 30, 2009 16:31 No CommentsThe Aryans Who First Entered India Were Remarkable For Their Many Virtues And Strength Of Intellect. The Vedic Rsis Not Only Composed Hymns And Performed Sacrifices But Fought Their Wars And Ploughed Their Fields. Their Martial Spirit Was For A Long Time Kept Alive By The Necessity Of Holding Their Own Against The Enemy. The [...]
Educational Systems And Institutions
Friday, January 30, 2009 16:23 No CommentsThe Indigenous Ideal Of Education In India Has Always Been To Treat It As A Sacred Process. That Process Activated The Individual’s Inner Growth, Which Could Only Be Achieved By Means Of Constant And Close Contact Between The Pupil And The Teacher Where The Latter’s Personal Touch And Constant Vigilance Counted Most In The Pupil’s [...]
Medical Institutions In Ancient India
Friday, January 30, 2009 15:36 No CommentsBefore We Being The Survey Of The Medical Achievements And Institutions Of Ancient India, Let Us First Acquaint Ourselves With The Standards And Spread Of General Education Among The People During The Period. No Country Could Be Medically Advanced Which Is Educationally Backward And Unless We Can Assure Ourselves That The General Educational Level Of [...]
The Purpose Of The Study Of Ayurveda
Friday, January 30, 2009 15:32 No CommentsOutlining The Objectives Or Ends Which Medical Education Subserves, Caraka Says- “This Science Is To Be Studied By The Brahmanas, The Kastriyas And The Vaisyas. By The Brahmanas With A View To Benefiting All Creatures, By The Kastriyas As Subserving Their Role Of Protectors And By The Vaisyas As A Means Of Livelihood; And In [...]
Selection Of The Branch Of Study By The Medical Student
Friday, January 30, 2009 14:00 No CommentsIn Ancient Times, Like In Our Own Days, The Study Of Medicine Pre-Supposed A Certain Standard Of General Education, Intelligence And Chapters In The Student. Besides, The Person Choosing The Medical Line Was Required To Be Possessed Of A Sense Of Discrimination And The Proper Value Of Things. For Instance, He Was Expected Before Launching [...]
Pregnancy And Body Temprature
Friday, January 30, 2009 13:35 No CommentsWhen A Woman Is Trying To Get Pregnant And Is Having A Hard Time Trying To Conceive Or Even If She Is Trying To Plan It, Finding Her Bbt Or Basal Body Temperature Can Be Vital In Conception. A For The Body Is Generally Around 98.6°f. The Degree In Temperature Will Also Fluctuate Depending On [...]
The Object Of The Good Of Life
Friday, January 30, 2009 13:26 No CommentsBy The Observance Of These Rules, One Achieves At Once Both The Objects Viz. Health And The Conquest Of The Senses. The Rules Of The Good Life It Includes Reverence For The Gods, Cows Brahmanas, Preceptor, Elders, Adepts And For Teachers; The Tending Of The Ceremonial Fire; The Wearing Of The Holy Herbs; Bathing Twice [...]
The Objects Of The Mind
Friday, January 30, 2009 13:12 No CommentsThe Objects Of The Mind Is That Which Is Thinkable. The Right, As Well As Excessive, Deficient, And Erroneous Perceptions Are The Causes Respectively Of The Order And The Disorder Of The Mind And Understanding…. Preservation Of The Normalcy Of The Mind For Preserving The Normality Of The Sense Organs And The Mind And For [...]
