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== परिचयः|| Introduction ==

== परिचयः|| Introduction ==

Samskrit literature abounds with hundreds of treatises pertaining to ancient Bharatiya Vijnana shastras of which more than half a dozen books provide us the information detailing how a scientific or methodical structure of a shastra is composed. A number of devices relating to words, structures and meanings related to the composition of a shastra are described in authoritative and famous texts as early as Vishnudharmottara Purana, Panini Maharshi's Ashtadhyayi, Kautilya's Arthashastra, Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, Vagbhata's Ashtangasangraha (the book on Ayurveda), Neelamegha's Tantrayuktivichara.  All these works portray the depth of Indian thinkers, who looked at the scientific treatises from all possible angles, critically examined the various conceptual aspects of the scientific works along with paying attention to the subtle aspects. The lesser known fact is that these great Indian thinkers after a thorough research, indepth comprehensive study of the shastras available to them, formulated a methodology for preparing scientific compositions having 95 constituents, namely

Samskrit literature abounds with hundreds of treatises pertaining to ancient Bharatiya Vijnana shastras of which more than half a dozen books provide us the information detailing how a scientific or methodical structure of a shastra is composed. A number of devices relating to words, structures and meanings related to the composition of a shastra are described in authoritative and famous texts such as  

* Vishnudharmottara Purana, contains discussions on sundry topics like poetics, arts, sculpture

* Panini Maharshi's Ashtadhyayi, a world famous grammar treatise

* Kautilya's Arthashastra, a work on polity and statecraft

* Charaka Samhita, greatest extant work on Ayurveda

* Sushruta Samhita, a renowned work on surgery

* Vagbhata's Ashtangasangraha and Ashtangahrdayam, books on Ayurveda

* Neelamegha's Tantrayuktivichara, a medical treatise

All these works, belonging to divergent disciplines, portray the depth of Indian thinkers, who looked at the scientific treatises from all possible angles, critically examined the various conceptual aspects of the scientific works along without neglecting the subtle aspects. The lesser known fact is that these great Indian thinkers after a thorough research, in-depth comprehensive study of the shastras available to them, formulated a methodology for building scientific theories having 95 constituents, namely

* तन्त्रयुक्तयः (''tantrayuktayaḥ)'' ॥ 36 Tantrayuktis  

* तन्त्रयुक्तयः (''tantrayuktayaḥ)'' ॥ 36 Tantrayuktis  

* व्याख्यानि (''vyākhyāni)'' ॥ 15 Vyakhyas   

* व्याख्यानि (''vyākhyāni)'' ॥ 15 Vyakhyas   

* आश्रयानि (''āśrayāni)''॥ 20 Ashrayas

* आश्रयानि (''āśrayāni)''॥ 20 Ashrayas

* ताच्छील्यानि (''tācchīlyāni)''॥  17 Taatchilyas  

* ताच्छील्यानि (''tācchīlyāni)''॥  17 Taatchilyas  

Thus we see, Tantrayukti refers to  

Tantrayukti refers to methodical elements and devices (Yuktis) of Tantra (theory) and there are about 36 such tantrayuktis, though different texts give a different number.<ref>Singh, Anuradha (2003) ''Tantra Yukti Method of Theorization in Ayurveda,'' Ancient Science of Life, Vol : XXII(3) January 2003 Pages 64-74</ref>

== References ==

== References ==