Nadivijnanam and Nadiprakasham

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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etc., and lastly like gander, peacock, etc. But in the case of typhoid the pulse relating to pitta or slesma moves first, slesma or vayu in the middle, at last pitta or vayu-nadi. Then the case is very serious.
The period of Maharsi Kanada constitutes the most flourishing and fruitful age of ancient India relating to the accumulation of knowledge in Ayurveda, which was closely associated with chemical science. The principles of Nadivijnanam basd on experience relate to the physical and chemical theories embracing the methodology of Ayurveda.
As Maharsi Kanada had to deal primarily with the science of pulse, a concise preliminary summary of some of these theories of this science of pulse is revealed in the text of Nadivijnanam with the development in its practical aspect.
The principles of the science of pulse may be said to stand in good comparison with some of the most recent and advanced scientific and medical ideas of our time and to bear the stamp of high intellectual perfection and sublime intuition of the time of Maharsi Kanada.
In this connection I am very grateful to Prof. Dr. H. Ç. Bhayani for going through the Ms. of my work with great interest and intellectual acumen.
I am very much thankful to Prof. Sri Dalsukhbhai D. Malvania, my revered teacher, and
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