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Happiness in Ayurveda (आयुर्वेदे सुखानन्दश्च) (view source)
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== The root of happiness ==
== 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.
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 ==
प्रसन्नमनसस्तथा |...
While explaining the dynamics of Shukra dhatu Acharya Sushruta has used the word Prasanna manas i.e. happy mind. While clarifying the meaning, commentator Dalhana explains the association of this state of mind with the emotions.
प्रसन्नमनसः क्रोधादिरहितचित्तस्य (Dalhana's commentary on Sushruta Samhita Sharirasthanam Adhyaya 4 Sutra 23
सुप्रसन्नमीर्ष्याद्यनभिभूतम्| Dalhana commentary on Sush. Nida. 10.21
Various meanings of Sukha in the context of Ayurveda
सुखं स्वास्थ्योत्यादकम्|
सुखमिति अदोषमित्यर्थः| (SUSU 46.435-438)https://niimh.nic.in/ebooks/esushruta/?mod=read&h=sukha
प्रसन्नं प्रकृतिस्थम्|| (Dalhana on Su Ni 10.25) While describing the properties of prakrut stanya
प्रसन्नवदनां ...- प्रसन्नं-निर्मलं, (Asht. Hrud. Sharira 1.20)
== Happiness effect on body growth ==
कैर्बृंहयेत् ? इत्याह - - - -
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मांसक्षीरसितासर्पिर्मधुरस्निग्धबस्तिभिः||९||
स्वप्नशय्यासुखाभ्यङ्गस्नाननिर्वृतिहर्षणैः|
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निर्वृतिः-सन्तोषः| हर्षणं-आनन्दः| (ayurveda rasayaana commentary on AH)
अचिन्तया हर्षणेन ध्रुवं सन्तर्पणेन च|
स्वप्नप्रसङ्गाच्च कृशो वराह इव पुष्यति||३४|| (Asht. Hrud. Sutra. 14.34)
अचिन्तया-चेतसः शोककार्याद्यनाकुलत्वेन, तथा हर्षणेन-चित्ततुष्ट्या,
== Some pathological states that can make one look unhappy ==
visha signs and symptoms in a aperson
प्रसन्नदोषं प्रकृतिस्थधातुमन्नाभिकाङ्क्षं [१] समसूत्रजिह्वम् |
प्रसन्नवर्णेन्द्रियचित्तचेष्टं वैद्योऽवगच्छेदविषं मनुष्यम् ||३२|| Su. Kalpa. 6.32
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 ==
== Eshanas or desires and happiness ==
== Associations of Happiness ==
== Associations of Happiness ==
नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su 8.26)
नैकः सुखी, न दुःखशीलाचारोपचारः (Char. Samh. su 8.26)
== Happiness and male infertility ==
सुप्रसन्नं मनस्तत्र हर्षणे हेतुरुच्यते | Sush. Nida. 10.21
If the person is unhappy, angry and depressed, the natural pathways that help to bring about the degree of erection required to release the male seeds containing semen can not occur and as a result impotency and infertility might be experienced.
सुप्रसन्नमीर्ष्याद्यनभिभूतम्| Dalhana commentary on Sush. Nida. 10.21
== Finding the right way to achieve the state of Happiness ==
== Finding the right way to achieve the state of Happiness ==
तस्माच्छ्रेयस्करं मार्गं प्रतिपद्येत नो त्रसेत्||२२|| (Char. Samh. Nida. 7.22)
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 ==
== References ==
[[Category:Ayurveda]]
[[Category:Ayurveda]]