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Sukha and Ananda are 2 most commonly used terms in Ayurveda to indicate Happiness. There are many other terms like nanda, harsha etc. that also indicate the similar emotion as happiness. Happiness being an integral component of good health, all the discussion around happiness in Ayurveda is in the context of Health. In-fact, the definition of the 'Svastha' meaning an Healthy individual has also been given in such words that the word 'Prasanna' or happiness is used as an adjective of 3 integral components of life namely Atman, Indriyas and Manas.

== Happiness as the subject of Ayurveda ==
The definition of Ayurveda itself includes the word sukha which is translated as Happiness. What is happy life and what is unhappy life OR following and doing what, makes one's life happy or unhappy has been preliminarily described in Ayurveda. The definition of Ayurveda is,

हिताहितं सुखं दुःखमायुस्तस्य हिताहितम्|

मानं च तच्च यत्रोक्तमायुर्वेदः स उच्यते||४१|| (Char. Samh. 1.41)<ref>Charaka Samhita (Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 1 Sutra 41)</ref>

विकारो धातुवैषम्यं, साम्यं प्रकृतिरुच्यते|

सुखसञ्ज्ञकमारोग्यं, विकारो दुःखमेव च||४|| (Char. Smah. 9.4)<ref>Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 9 Sutra 4])</ref>

== Happiness and being healthy ==
समदोषः समाग्निश्च समधातुमलक्रियः |

प्रसन्नात्मेन्द्रियमनाः स्वस्थ इत्यभिधीयते ||४१||(Sush. Samh. 15.41)<ref>Sushruta Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/esushruta/?mod=read Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 15 Sutra 41])</ref>

Happiness is associated with 3 components of life beyond physical dimension viz. Atman, Indriyas and manas.

Among those thing that can keep one healthy, non-depression or lack of dejection or self-reliance is identified to be the best one!

अनिर्वेदो वार्तलक्षणानां (Char. Samh. 25.40)<ref>Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 25 Sutra 40])</ref>

== Eshanas or desires and happiness ==

== References ==
[[Category:Ayurveda]]

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 == Body components related to Happiness ==
 Health and happiness are interrelated. There are certain body elements, the healthy state of which is probably essential to experience the generalised feeling of happiness which can be understood by the use of terms prasanna and sukha in the references.
 === Rakta dhatu ===
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 == Happiness as a therapy ==
 === For gaining weight and strength ===
 कैर्बृंहयेत् ? इत्याह - - - -
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 हर्षयेत्-मुदितां कुर्यात्|  (Arundatta commentary)
-=== In Diarrhea ===
+=== In bowel disorders ===
 भीशोकाभ्यामपि चलः शीघ्ऱं कुप्यत्यतस्तयोः|
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 == Need of societal or global Happiness ==
 नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su  8.26)
 == Finding the right way to achieve the state of Happiness ==
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 == Happiness as a criterion for selecting a pupil ==
 प्रसन्नचित्तवाक्चेष्टं क्लेशसहं च भिषक् शिष्यमुपनयेत् | Su. SU 2.3
 == Happiness and Dharma ==

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 Ayurveda acharyas appear to have searched deeper to understand the roots of or the causes of  happiness. The word Harsha is used synonymously with the word Ananda. It means delightfulness/ecstacy or happiness. Acharya Charaka says that the best thing that generates harsha is tatvavabodha i.e. Discovery/understanding/realization is the best one for feeling exalted/ecstatic.<blockquote>तत्त्वावबोधोहर्षणानां | (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0">Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read&h=nandanAnAm Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 30 Sutra 15])</ref></blockquote>Moreover, one more word 'Nanadan' used synonymously with the word ananda which means happiness is also described at the same place. The very cause of happiness is mentioned as 'Indriyajaya' (Control over organs). This means that a person's control over his sensory, motor organs along with his mind is the one thing that can cause happiness. Such happiness is long lasting, and also brings along the sense of satisfaction with it.  <blockquote>इन्द्रियजयो नन्दनानां| (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0" /></blockquote><blockquote>समग्रं दुःखमायत्तमविज्ञाने द्वयाश्रयम्| सुखं समग्रं विज्ञाने विमले च प्रतिष्ठितम्||८४|| ((Char. Samh. 30.84)</blockquote>All the sufferings - diseases of both body and mind - are caused by ignorance. All happiness /health is due to the clear knowledge. Just as the Sun cannot help a blind man to see things even with all its light, similarly Ayurveda, which generously guides us through the path of dharma, artha, kama, and moksha, cannot guide someone devoid of its understanding or is a skeptic.
-== Happiness as an atmaja bhava ==
+== Developmental basis of Happiness ==
 आत्मजानि नानायोनिषूत्पित्तिर्मनश्चेतनेन्द्रियाणि प्राणापानौ धारणमाकृतिस्वरवर्णविशेषाः कामक्रोधलोभभयहर्षधर्मशीलतास्मृतिबुद्धीच्छाद्वेषप्रयत्नाहङ्कारसुख़दुःख़ायुरात्मज्ञानानि च||१६|| (Asht. Hrud. Sharirasthanama Adhyaya 5 Sutra 16)
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 The effect of what is done during the previous life is known as ''daiva''. The effect of what is done during the present life is known as ''purushakara''. If the ''daiva'' is unrighteous sufferings are shared in the present life; if however, they are righteous then the individual enjoys a happy and healthy life.[31] On the contrary sinful or unrighteous ''purushartha'' is due to the sufferings of the present and future life. Indian mythology further explains and believes that righteous ''Purushartha'' also acts as an remedy for the unrighteous ''daiva''. This is likely the law of probability, for example, if there is an autosomal dominant trait running in the family and only one partner is affected, 50% of the offsprings are expected be affected. The remaining 50% may escape unaffected. Even if it had been considered a mythological concept, it is a guiding path toward the righteous path for a happy and healthy present and future life if any.<ref>Dhiman K, Kumar A, Dhiman KS. Shad Garbhakara Bhavas vis-a-vis congenital and genetic disorders. Ayu. 2010 Apr;31(2):175-84. doi: 10.4103/0974-8520.72384. PMID: 22131707; PMCID: PMC3215361.</ref>
-== Happiness as a satmyaja bhava ==
+=== Happiness as a satmyaja bhava ===
 It can be enumerated that the ''Satmyaja'' (wholesome) procreative factor is responsible for conception, normal inheritance, and growth and development of the fetus leading to the birth of healthy, happy, active, and productive citizen of generations to come.
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 राजसानि दुरुपचारताऽनार्यं शौर्य्यं मात्सर्यममितभाषित्वमहङ्कारो लोलुपत्वं दम्भो मानः क्रोधो हर्षः कामश्च||२०||  (Asht. Hrud. Sharirasthanama Adhyaya 5 Sutra 22)
-== Happiness and emotions ==
+== Body components related to Happiness ==
 प्रसन्नमनसस्तथा |...
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 === In Infertility ===
 यत्किञ्चिन्मधुरं स्निग्धं बृंहणं बलवर्धनम्|
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 i.e. if a person is poisoned then pathologically his mind and senses will experience depression or sadness  in general .
 == Eshanas or desires and happiness ==
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 A person having sound mind, intellect, physical strength, energy and psychological strength, one who is desirous of attaining benefits in this world and the other world (after death), should try to fulfill three desires. These desires are- desire for (long and healthy) life, desire for wealth (livelihood), and desire for a blissful life in the other world (after death).
-== Environmental factors for Happiness ==
+== Need of societal or global Happiness ==
 नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su  8.26)
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 == Happiness as a criterion for selecting a pupil ==
 प्रसन्नचित्तवाक्चेष्टं क्लेशसहं च भिषक् शिष्यमुपनयेत् | Su. SU 2.3
 == References ==
 [[Category:Ayurveda]]

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 कामादयः सर्व एव विज्ञानधर्मा आत्मभवाः| तथा सुख़ादयोऽप्यात्मनः कर्मफलत्वात्||
 == Happiness as a satmyaja bhava ==
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 अचिन्तया-चेतसः शोककार्याद्यनाकुलत्वेन, तथा हर्षणेन-चित्ततुष्ट्या,
-=== For Intra uterine growth retardation ===
+=== In Intra uterine growth retardation ===
 हर्षयेत्सततं चैनामेवं गर्भः प्रवर्द्धते||२०|| (Asht. Hrud. Shar. 2.20)
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 मनसो हर्षणं यच्च तत्सर्व वृष्यमुच्यते||३५|| Asht. Hrud. Uttarasthanam 40.35
-== Nonpharmacological therapy in psychiatric disorders ==
+=== Nonpharmacological therapy in psychiatric disorders ===
 हर्षणाश्वासनोत्त्रासभयताडनतर्जनम्|

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 == The root of happiness ==
 Ayurveda acharyas appear to have searched deeper to understand the roots of or the causes of  happiness. The word Harsha is used synonymously with the word Ananda. It means delightfulness/ecstacy or happiness. Acharya Charaka says that the best thing that generates harsha is tatvavabodha i.e. Discovery/understanding/realization is the best one for feeling exalted/ecstatic.<blockquote>तत्त्वावबोधोहर्षणानां | (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0">Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read&h=nandanAnAm Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 30 Sutra 15])</ref></blockquote>Moreover, one more word 'Nanadan' used synonymously with the word ananda which means happiness is also described at the same place. The very cause of happiness is mentioned as 'Indriyajaya' (Control over organs). This means that a person's control over his sensory, motor organs along with his mind is the one thing that can cause happiness. Such happiness is long lasting, and also brings along the sense of satisfaction with it.  <blockquote>इन्द्रियजयो नन्दनानां| (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0" /></blockquote><blockquote>समग्रं दुःखमायत्तमविज्ञाने द्वयाश्रयम्| सुखं समग्रं विज्ञाने विमले च प्रतिष्ठितम्||८४|| ((Char. Samh. 30.84)</blockquote>All the sufferings - diseases of both body and mind - are caused by ignorance. All happiness /health is due to the clear knowledge. Just as the Sun cannot help a blind man to see things even with all its light, similarly Ayurveda, which generously guides us through the path of dharma, artha, kama, and moksha, cannot guide someone devoid of its understanding or is a skeptic.
 == Happiness and emotions ==
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 प्रसन्नवदनां ...- प्रसन्नं-निर्मलं, (Asht. Hrud. Sharira 1.20)
-== Happiness effect on body growth ==
+== Happiness as a therapy ==
 कैर्बृंहयेत् ? इत्याह - - - -
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 अचिन्तया-चेतसः शोककार्याद्यनाकुलत्वेन, तथा हर्षणेन-चित्ततुष्ट्या,
 == Some pathological states that can make one look unhappy ==
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 i.e. if a person is poisoned then pathologically his mind and senses will experience depression or sadness  in general .
 == Eshanas or desires and happiness ==
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 A person having sound mind, intellect, physical strength, energy and psychological strength, one who is desirous of attaining benefits in this world and the other world (after death), should try to fulfill three desires. These desires are- desire for (long and healthy) life, desire for wealth (livelihood), and desire for a blissful life in the other world (after death).
-== Associations of Happiness ==
+== Environmental factors for Happiness ==
 नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su  8.26)
 == Finding the right way to achieve the state of Happiness ==
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 तस्माच्छ्रेयस्करं मार्गं प्रतिपद्येत नो त्रसेत्||२२|| (Char. Samh. Nida. 7.22)
+== Happiness as a criterion for selecting a pupil ==
 प्रसन्नचित्तवाक्चेष्टं क्लेशसहं च भिषक् शिष्यमुपनयेत् | Su. SU 2.3
 == References ==
 [[Category:Ayurveda]]

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 == The root of happiness ==
 Ayurveda acharyas appear to have searched deeper to understand the roots of or the causes of  happiness. The word Harsha is used synonymously with the word Ananda. It means delightfulness/ecstacy or happiness. Acharya Charaka says that the best thing that generates harsha is tatvavabodha i.e. Discovery/understanding/realization is the best one for feeling exalted/ecstatic.<blockquote>तत्त्वावबोधोहर्षणानां | (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0">Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read&h=nandanAnAm Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 30 Sutra 15])</ref></blockquote>Moreover, one more word 'Nanadan' used synonymously with the word ananda which means happiness is also described at the same place. The very cause of happiness is mentioned as 'Indriyajaya' (Control over organs). This means that a person's control over his sensory, motor organs along with his mind is the one thing that can cause happiness. Such happiness is long lasting, and also brings along the sense of satisfaction with it.  <blockquote>इन्द्रियजयो नन्दनानां| (Char. Samh. 30.15)<ref name=":0" /></blockquote><blockquote>समग्रं दुःखमायत्तमविज्ञाने द्वयाश्रयम्| सुखं समग्रं विज्ञाने विमले च प्रतिष्ठितम्||८४|| ((Char. Samh. 30.84)</blockquote>All the sufferings - diseases of both body and mind - are caused by ignorance. All happiness /health is due to the clear knowledge. Just as the Sun cannot help a blind man to see things even with all its light, similarly Ayurveda, which generously guides us through the path of dharma, artha, kama, and moksha, cannot guide someone devoid of its understanding or is a skeptic.
 == Eshanas or desires and happiness ==
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 == Associations of Happiness ==
 नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su  8.26)
 == Finding the right way to achieve the state of Happiness ==
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 तस्माच्छ्रेयस्करं मार्गं प्रतिपद्येत नो त्रसेत्||२२|| (Char. Samh. Nida. 7.22)
 == References ==
 [[Category:Ayurveda]]

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 मानं च तच्च यत्रोक्तमायुर्वेदः स उच्यते||४१|| (Char. Samh. 1.41)<ref>Charaka Samhita (Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 1 Sutra 41)</ref>
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-Among those thing that can keep one healthy, non-depression or lack of dejection or self-reliance is identified to be the best one!
 अनिर्वेदो वार्तलक्षणानां (Char. Samh. 25.40)<ref>Charaka Samhita ([https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/ecaraka/?mod=read Sutrasthanam Adhyaya 25 Sutra 40])</ref>
 == Eshanas or desires and happiness ==
 == References ==
 [[Category:Ayurveda]]