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The hundred years that passed by were eventful in the annals of the history of ayurveda. Never before did the system face such a strong challenge. In its three-millennium record, it had, for the first time, an encounter with an alien culture. The new wave had two things to its advantage - a post-industrial revolutionary zeal and the patronage of the ruling class. Ayurveda came to the verge of extinction; it had to struggle hard for existence. It is a different ...
The doctrine of dhvani that was expounded by Anandavardhana in the ninth century AD in Kashmir received much acclamation in the south. Kulashekhara, a royal dramatist of Kerala, applied the concept to the theatre of his time. His performance text is the Vyangyavyakhya, comprising two dramas, Subhadradhananjaya and Tapatisamvarana. Kulashekhara himself enacted the roles of characters and demonstrated his innovative notion about performance. The texts encapsulate ...
This book is a collection of articles on various aspects of Ayurveda, by renowned scholars. In 1965, Arya Vaidya Sala started conducting annual seminars on the Founder’s Day. The proceedings were published regularly. Commemorative lectures came to be conducted every year from 1985. The papers contained in this volume, except the first, are the texts of the lectures delivered on such occasions. The are presented in a single volume so that readers get an ...