Disdain, sceptism, a little grudging admiration and, of late, a realization of acceptability and greater seminality in the future-thus has been the changing attitude of modern science to the Ancient Art of Ayurveda of India, ever since Independence. If we define science as an organized body of knowledge, wholly rationalistic, verifiable, valid and also efficiently geared to practicalities-such as health care, in all its aspects: curative, preventive and social amenability, Ayurveda fulfills all of these stipulations and much more. More importantly, developed and nurtured by our ancient Rishis, for whom Health was but an offshoot for Dharma, it is rooted in ethics, commands a vaster vision of positive health for all, integral of body, mind, soul and the beyond. In this book Our Heritage in Science-Ayurveda, glimpses of these varied aspects of Indian Medicine are presented as reminders of our past and guidelines to our future.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR K H Krishnamurty
Prof. K.H. Krishnamurthy (b.1928), B.Sc. (Hons.), M.Sc., Ph.D., FBS has worked in the Universities of Gujarat, Mysore, Tamilnadu and Pondicherry and retired (1986) after 30 years of distinguished service in the Jawaharlal Institute of Post graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Pondicherry. Even after retirement, he is busily engaged in several academic assignment and projects. His professional positions had been as a Convenor, Faculty of History of Medicine; a UGC Emeritus Scholar, JIPMER; a Fellow in Ayurveda , Bombay hospital trust; a Visiting Professor, National Medical College, Bombay and a Fellow in Ayurveda, FRLHT. He is a distinguished Sanskritist and Linguist, has received many Honours and Awards and has authoured more than 100 research papers in National/International Journals. His may sided achievements are best revealed in the ranges (4) and the number (30) of his books. The ranges are Brain and Language (his doctoral work), Writing on Advanced aspects of Modern Science in Kannada and Sanskrit, General Works and on Medicinal plants/Ayurveda.
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