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The document discusses the aims and objectives of studying the subject of embryology (Garbhavkranti) in Ayurveda. It notes that Ayurveda is divided into eight branches and that the systematic study of Ayurveda is now divided according to modern medicine. It raises the question of whether the subject of embryology can be made practically useful based on material in Ayurvedic classics. To answer this, a study of the entirety of embryology in the classics is needed with explanations and understanding. As the subject concerns not just anatomical but also psychophysical development, studying all relevant classics is indispensable. The author aims to explain some chapters of embryology in light of modern medical science with limited equipment

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06 - Chapter 2

The document discusses the aims and objectives of studying the subject of embryology (Garbhavkranti) in Ayurveda. It notes that Ayurveda is divided into eight branches and that the systematic study of Ayurveda is now divided according to modern medicine. It raises the question of whether the subject of embryology can be made practically useful based on material in Ayurvedic classics. To answer this, a study of the entirety of embryology in the classics is needed with explanations and understanding. As the subject concerns not just anatomical but also psychophysical development, studying all relevant classics is indispensable. The author aims to explain some chapters of embryology in light of modern medical science with limited equipment

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A IM S AND OBJECJ

AIMS AND OBJECT

Basically Ayurveda is divided i nt o eight

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Medicine, the s ys t em ic course of Ayurvedic s tud y is divided into

various branches as in modern medicine. The scattered lite ra tu re

on different t o p i cs is re-established. Thus the changed and

advanced method of te aching of Ayurvedia on one h and and keen |

interest of s c i e n t i s t s all over world, onthe ot he r hand has


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To know the subject Garbhavkranti, s tu d y of

classics as a wh ol e is indispensible b e c a us e the subject c on ce rne d

i s not r e l a t e d to only anotomical development but also to

psychophysical development. In modern embryalogy the subject is

well edited while in A y u rve d ic l it e r a tu r e it is describ ed in v ariou s

branches .

With lim ited e q ui p me nt s an d facilities, I have

tried to e x p l a i n some of the c h a p t e r s of G a r b h a v k ra n ti in the l i g h t

o f modern m e d i c a l science.

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