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Death

Journal of Ayurveda and Integrated Medical Sciences

2022 Volume 7 Number 1 Jan-Feb
Publisherwww.maharshicharaka.in

Ayurvedic perspective of early deaths in young celebrities

Ashok Kulkarni G.1*, Rajaram Jadhav D.2
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1* Girish Ashok Kulkarni, Consultant Physician, Specialist in Diabetes and Hypertension, Director of Indira Aarogyadham Hospital, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.

2 Deepanjali Rajaram Jadhav, Assistant Professor, Department of Sanskrit, Samhita and Siddhanta, Shri. Jagadguru Gurusiddheshwar Co-Operative Society’s Ayurvedic Medical College, Ghatprabha, Belgaum, Karanataka, India.

Death is one of the scariest things in everyone’s life. Especially the death of the fitness freak person or celebrities in their young age is most frightening thing in common man’s life. Here an attempt is made to analyze the reason of the celebrities’ deaths occurred recently in an ayurvedic perspective. i.e., why they got sudden massive heart attack in-spite of having their daily workout and routine diet following. Oja Kshaya can be related to the Death / Mrityu in Ayurveda. Oja is residing in the Hridaya Pradesha. It means that the Oja Kshaya can be the Heart Attack.

Keywords: Oja Kshaya, Mrityu, Celebrities Death

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Girish Ashok Kulkarni, Consultant Physician, Specialist in Diabetes and Hypertension, Director of Indira Aarogyadham Hospital, Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
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© 2022by Girish Ashok Kulkarni, Deepanjali Rajaram Jadhavand Published by Maharshi Charaka Ayurveda Organization. This is an Open Access article licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ unported [CC BY 4.0].

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Introduction

Death however natural conclusion to life may be, still manages to surprises all and sundry with its sudden arrival. While at times, it seems to be the natural progression to a long-lived life at other times of life gets suddenly cut short when silent death comes knocking at one’s door at their prime life. While the passage of life is but normal, it still manages to raise our eyebrows when the person who has passed away was in the prime of their life and in perfect physical shape like

  • Abir Goswami - Age 37 - Death on May 2013
  • Punneth Rajkumar - Age 46 - Death on October 2021
  • Siddhartha Shukla - Age 40 - Death on September 2021
  • Amit Mestry - Age 47 - Death on April 2021

We are having many examples still. Like in Maharashtra state, there were many deaths of Wrestlers, sportsperson during their workout.

In Ayurveda the death comes under the concept of Oja kshaya. Oja is Swasadnya of Ayurveda.

Oja definition[1]

Tatra Rasadinam Sukrantanam Yat Parm Tejastat |

Kalvojastadev Balamityucyate, Svasastrasiddhantat ||

                                                                        (Su.Su.15/19)

The Param Teja obtained from Rasa to Shukra Dhatu is Oja and it is the Bala of the body.

Sarpirvarnam Madhurasam Lajagandhi Prajayate|[2]

                                                                         (C.Su.17/75)

Oja is having Ghrita Varna, Madhu like Rasa, Laja Gandha

Types of Oja

  • Para Oja
  • Matra - 8 Bindu
  • Sthana - Hridaya
  • Apara Oja
  • Matra - Ardha Anjali
  • Sthana - Sarva Sharir

Nidana for Kshaya[3]

Vyayamonasanam Cinta Rukshalpapramitasanam |

Vatatapau Baym Soko Rukshapan Prajagar ||

Kapasonitasukranam Malanam Cativartanam |

Kalobutopagatasc Dnyaatavya: Kshayahetav ||

                                                                       (C.Su. 17/76,77)


  • Vyayama - Over exercise
  • Aanashana - Upavas
  • Pramitashana - Single Rasa Sevan and very low quantity food intake
  • Bhaya and Shoka - Fear and stress
  • Ratri Jagarana - full night Awakening
  • Ati Vata and Aatapa Seavan - Excessive Exposure to wind and heat
  • Ruksha Pana Sevan - excessive consumption of dry food items and drinks
  • Ati Pravratna of Vega - Excessive expulsion of waste products (Mala)
  • Kala - Age factor, Adana Kala
  • Bhutopaghata - ­Graha Badha

Samprapti of deaths occurring in Celebrities

Stage 1 - Vyanaavrutta Pran Vayu

Symptoms - Atisweda, Lomaharsha, Supta Gatrata

Stage 2 - Udanaavrutta Apana Vayu

Symptoms - Kasa, Shwasa

Stage 3 - Pittaavrutta Vyana Vayu

Symptoms – Dah,. Sarvanga Klama, Gatravikshepa Sanga

Stage 4 - Kaphaavrutta Vyana Vayu

Symptoms - Gurugatrata, Adhika Sanga

Stage 5 - Vyanaavrutta Apana Vayu

Symptoms - Gulma, Udavarta

Finally, we can say the probable Samprapti of deaths occurring due to massive myocardial infarction on the basis of Samprapti of Gulma[4] is as follows:


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Nidana Sevana → Prakopita Tridoshas → Prakopita Pitta and Kapha obstructs the Vata at the Hridaya Pradesha → The Vata gets Prakopita due to Marga-avrodha (Ruksha and Khara Guna increased) → dries the Kapha and Pitta at that site only → which causes hardness (Kharatwa and Rukshata) in the Hridaya Snayus → due to this the Para Oja which resides in Hridaya doesn’t get nourishment → Slowly it undergoes Kshaya → Death due to Sudden Myocardial Infarction.

Discussion

The Nidanas of celebrity’s deaths will be observed as follows:

Vyayama - Over exercise

Aanashana - Improper food taking time

Pramitashana - Taking protein supplements more amount to maintain body shapes

Bhaya and Shoka - Stress of daily life

Ratri Jagarana - Overnight Shootings

Ati Vata Seavan - Sitting in AC rooms only

Ruksha Pana Sevan - Over drinking of Alcohols, Cocktails

Ati Pravratna of Vega - without having Vegas trying to expel Mala and Mutra

Kala - doing hectic work at summer season also

Bhutopaghata - doing the work in-spite not having physical fitness

All these cause leads to many simple physical problems but people ignored on it and disease gets progressed step by step slowly. As the Anyonya Avarana gets started the chronicity of disease gets increased.

At first some controllable symptoms observed due to Vyanaavrutta Pran Vayu. As the Vyana Vayu resides in Hridaya and the Gati of Pran Vata is upward only, the Vyana does Aavarana over the Prana Vata. If still Nidana Sevan continues then the Gati of Udana Vata gets changed to downward and it does Aavarana over the Aapna Vata.

The Nidana Sevan still continued then the Prakopita Pitta and the Prakopita Kapha at the Hridaya Pradesh does Avarana over the Vyana Vata.

At last due to Aavarana of Vyan Vata over the Urdhwagata Apana Vata leads to improper nutrition to Para Oja (blood supply to heart), person goes to myocardial Infarction stage and death occurred.

Conclusion

Vyayama and Aahara both are key of success for fitness but it’s improper i.e., Atimatra or Hinamatra Sevana leads to disease which can lead to death. So, the new physician have to observe very carefully before prescribing any diet or exercise. And its duty of the person also that he have to observe the signs and symptoms depicted by the body while doing exercise and following diet also. If any difficulty is observed then person have to inform the physician immediately and physician have to do corrections over it. There are lot of studies yet to be done in future. An attempt is made to find out the early deaths in many celebrities’ life. The research can be done in further and can be concluded with proper scientific validation.

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