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The History of a Superstition


 

The ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, recently issued an advisory that reiterated its long held official view that ‘the principles, concepts and approaches of ayurveda are not at all comparable with those of the modern medical system’. This view of an absolute dichotomy between the two systems implicitly disputes the universality of the scientific method. The history of how this view gained wide currency in the ayurvedic world has been outlined in the present essay.
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  • The Tatvasangraha of Shantarakshita, chapter 26, text 3149.

  • Srinivasa Murthy, G., A Memorandum on the Science and the Art of Indian Medicine, Government Press, Madras, 1923, pp. 20– 21.

  • Lakshmipathi, A., A Textbook of Ayurveda, Jain Bhaskarodaya Press, Jamnagar, 1944, vol. 1, section 2, pp. 542–544.

  • Pandit Shiv Sharma, Ayurvedic Medicine – Past and Present, Chowkhamba Krishnadas Academy, Varanasi, 1974, p. 209.


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The ministry of AYUSH, Government of India, recently issued an advisory that reiterated its long held official view that ‘the principles, concepts and approaches of ayurveda are not at all comparable with those of the modern medical system’. This view of an absolute dichotomy between the two systems implicitly disputes the universality of the scientific method. The history of how this view gained wide currency in the ayurvedic world has been outlined in the present essay.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv117%2Fi1%2F9-9