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* ''Janapadodhvansa'' (destruction of human settlements or communities by means of natural and man-made calamities including epidemics) occurs when collective action of communities/towns/ countries do not follow their ''dharma'' (eternal duty) in the present and/or past lives and commit acts that are unrighteous or even harmful.

* ''Janapadodhvansa'' (destruction of human settlements or communities by means of natural and man-made calamities including epidemics) occurs when collective action of communities/towns/ countries do not follow their ''dharma'' (eternal duty) in the present and/or past lives and commit acts that are unrighteous or even harmful.

* ''Janapadodhvansa'' is caused by the vitiation of four environmental factors : ''vayu'' (air), ''udaka'' (water) , ''desha''(location) and ''kala'' (season, time).  

* ''Janapadodhvansa'' is caused by the vitiation of four environmental factors :[[vayu]] (air), [[jala]] (water) , ''desha''(location) and ''kala'' (season, time).  

* For those who survive epidemics, the treatment includes purification therapies, drugs with effects opposite to the cause, ''rasayana'' drugs, hot water, balanced diet, fasting, etc.  

* For those who survive epidemics, the treatment includes purification therapies, drugs with effects opposite to the cause, [[rasayana]] drugs, hot water, balanced diet, fasting, etc.  

* Over indulgence in food causes heaviness in body. It leads to fatigue. Fatigue gives rise to laziness, and laziness makes to accumulate things; accumulation leads to the attachment for these things and attachment results in greed. Greed gives rise to malice in its wake, malice leads to falsehood, and falsehood led to passion, anger, vanity, hatred, cruelty, aggression, fear, grief, anxiety, distress and the likely psychological disorders.  

* Over indulgence in food causes heaviness in body. It leads to fatigue. Fatigue gives rise to laziness, and laziness makes to accumulate things; accumulation leads to the attachment for these things and attachment results in greed. Greed gives rise to malice in its wake, malice leads to falsehood, and falsehood led to passion, anger, vanity, hatred, cruelty, aggression, fear, grief, anxiety, distress and the likely psychological disorders.  

* The life span of all living beings depends on the proper coordination of two factors, namely, ''daiva'' (divine/pre-determined) and ''purushakara'' (human effort). ''Daiva'' means one’s own deeds in the previous life while ''purushakara'' stands for one’s actions (deeds) in this life”.

* The life span of all living beings depends on the proper coordination of two factors, namely, ''daiva'' (divine/pre-determined) and ''purushakara'' (human effort). ''Daiva'' means one’s own deeds in the previous life while ''purushakara'' stands for one’s actions (deeds) in this life”.

* ''Apatarpana'' (depletion) is of three kinds viz, ''langhana'' (reducing therapy), ''langhana pachana'' (reducing therapy along with therapies for digestion of ''ama dosha'') and ''doshavasechana'' (elimination of vitiated ''doshas'' from the body).  

* ''Apatarpana'' (depletion) is of three kinds viz,[[langhana]] (reducing therapy),[[langhana]] [[pachana]] (reducing therapy along with therapies for digestion of ''ama dosha'') and [[dosha]]vasechana (elimination of vitiated [[dosha]] from the body).  

* ''Langhana'' (reducing therapy) is done for mildly vitiated ''doshas''. ''Langhana pachana'' (reducing therapy along with therapies for digestion of ''ama dosha'') is done in moderately ''vitiated doshas''. ''Doshavasechana'' (elimination of vitiated ''doshas'' from the body) is done in severely vitiated ''doshas''.

* [[Langhana]] (reducing therapy) is done for mildly vitiated [[dosha]]. [[Langhana]] [[pachana]] (reducing therapy along with therapies for digestion of ''ama dosha'') is done in moderately vitiated [[dosha]]. [[Dosha]]vasechana (elimination of vitiated [[dosha]] from the body) is done in severely vitiated [[dosha]].

== Vidhi Vimarsha (Applied Inferences) ==

== Vidhi Vimarsha (Applied Inferences) ==