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Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of termsJīrṇāvasthā (जीर्णावस्था):—The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age. i, e. after 60 years is considerd as age of growing older. During this period body tissues, sense organ, strength, energy , virility, etc, goes down. This is the stage of Vata predominance.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
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