Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy
author: Pulak Kanti Kar
edition: 2013, Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan
pages: 1445
Topic: Ayurveda
Pradhana karma
This chapter describes Pradhana karma located on page 97 from volume Volume 4 in the book Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy compiled by Pulak Kanti Kar. This book presents a Comprehensive view of Panchakarma and includes therapeutic modules and references for the Ayurvedic practitioners. Panchakarma registers the mechanism of the action of Ayurvedic drug..
Volume 4 deals with the principles and Practice of Panchakarma:—The subject is presented in such a way that Ayurvedic people can realise the matter with a ration vision and can perform the therapy in daily practice.
This book fully covers every detail related to Panchakarma (methods for eliminating toxic elements from the body). For example, this chapter describes Pradhana karma. The five methods are known as Vamana (‘emesis’), Virecana (‘purgation’), Asthapana (‘non-unctuous enema’), Anuvasana (‘unctuous enema’) and Shiro-Virechana (‘head-evacuation’ or ‘snuffing’).
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Pradhana karma” according to 216 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana [by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna]
The entire course of medical treatment in connection with a disease may be grouped under three subheads, as the Preliminary measures (Purva-karma); the Principal therapeutical or surgical appliances (Pradhana-karma); and the After-measures (Paschat-karma). These measures will be discussed under the head of each disease as we shall have occasion to deal with them....
Read full contents: Chapter V - Preliminary measures
Karmic Astrology—a Study [by Sunita Anant Chavan]
Developmental Nature of Karman. In the Rigveda, the word Karman is often an expression of the ‘brave deeds of deities. It also comes as ‘religious works in the form of ‘sacrifices or ‘offering of gifts . In the Samhitas, Karman generally meant action and also carried a specific meaning of ‘action according to Vedic injunction . Performance of meritorious sacrificial work was the nature of Karma in this period....
Read full contents: Part 3.2 - Developmental Nature of Karman
Brahma Sutras (Nimbarka commentary) [by Roma Bose]
Shrinivasa s commentary (Vedanta-kaustubha) Although pradhana has already been set aside under the aphorism: ‘Because (he) sees, not, it is non-scriptural (Brahma-sutra 1.1.5), yet it is being set aside once more apprehending the possibility of the attributes of invisibility the rest (belonging to the inner controller alone) on its part. “That which is designated in the Smriti”, i.e. pradhana established by the Shamkhya Smriti, is not denoted by the term “inner controller”. Why?...
Read full contents: Brahma-Sutra 1.2.20
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[Essentials of Panchakarma Therapy: index]
[About the Author (Pulak Kanti Kar)]
[Introduction vol 1 (essentials of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 2 (applied Instruments in Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 3 (mechanism of Panchakarma)]
[Introduction vol 4 (practice of Panchakarma)]