Susruta Samhita - Mandhata Global

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Vlll INTRODUCTION.
By their union, they build up the body, and this union is
governed by three Laws, viz., the Laws of Vayu, Karma and
Swabhava (which are almost equivalent to the three Biological
Laws, i e.^ the law of heredity, (he law of external relations and
the law of molecular motion caused by Ethereal vibrations
compared with which nerve-impulses— akin to electric force,
are grosser and coarser shocks). So far we think we have
proved that Ayurveda, as a Biology is not defective, if it
contains no descriptive Anatomy and Physiology— descriptive
in the same sense as Grey's Anatomy or Kirke's Physiology is.
Its Histiology is molecular; its Pathology is molecular ; its
Physiology is molecular. Molecular in every sense is
the Biology of the Hindus, virtually speaking, Ayurveda is
our Science of Life, and we will presently shew that Life
and Ayus are identical.
The continuous adjustment of molecules, their successive
breaking down and building up within an organised living
body, without destroying its identity, is the definition of /iyus
as suggested by Maharshi Punarvasu.
He says :
In another place the same definition is repeated with a
slight modification and in this he enumerates %TTrgetf^:,
of'Ayu.
^®^^^*^°°
(consciousness) as the most distinctive
characteristic of ^j'w^. According to this
definition, 3iTlTf^^rc9T