Leads of review of literature in Ayurveda Samhita

Surya S; Anand Katti

Surya S Post Graduate Scholar, Dept. of PG studies in Panchakarma, Govt. Ayurveda Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
Anand Katti Associate Professor, Dept. of Samhita Siddhanta, Govt. Ayurveda Medical College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.

Keywords: Prasanga, Ateetavekshana, Samucchaya, Purvapaksha Akshepa, Vadamaryada, Uncha Sila Nyaya

Abstract

Review of literature is an essential step of doing any good research. Review of literature gets connected to each step of research starting from selection of research problem, material methods, statistics to be employed so on and so forth. Research methods is developed as a systematic science recently and ayurveda samhita offer very limited information about researh methods. This article tries to find the leads suggesting the conduct of review of literature in ayurveda samhita. Tantrayukti like Prasanga, Ateetavekshana, Prasanga, Samucchaya, Purvapaksha serve as guiding lamps for review of literature.

research starting from selection of research problem, material methods, statistics to be employed so on and so forth. Research methods is developed as a systematic science recently and ayurveda samhita offer very limited information about researh methods. This article tries to find the leads suggesting the conduct of review of literature in ayurveda samhita. Tantrayukti like prasanga, ateetavekshana, prasanga, samucchaya, purvapaksha serve as guiding lamps for review of literature.

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