Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Padartha is made up of two terms: Pada and Artha. Pada can refer to any object, word or inflected sentence. The term 'Artha' refers to the goal, reason, or meaning, Thus, the term Padartha refers to the meaning of any given term. It has been described in both Samhita Grantha and Darshan Shastra. Padartha in the universe are categorized as existence (Bhava) or non-existent (Abhava), referred as "Sat" and "Asat". According to Charak Samhita and Vaisheshika Darshan, these Bhava Padartha are classified into six Padartha, although there are some variations in the order. While explaining Shad Padartha Acharya Charak focused on clinical aspect and said that Shad Padartha importance for treatment of diseases, These Shad Padartha are as follow- Samanya, Vishesha, Guna, Dravya, Karma, and Samavaya1 . “Samanya Vishesh Siddhanta2 " is a basic principle of Ayurveda Chikitsa Siddhant (Principles of Therapy) that helps to keep the body in the balance condition.
Authors: Singh Shivjee, Kumar Santosh, Goyal Uday Kumar, Pal Guru Sharan
Language: English
Subfield: Complementary and alternative medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4411925924