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<p style="text-align:justify;">The term 'Prakriti' (also spelled as Prakruti) (Sanskrit: प्रकृति) literally means "making or placing before or at first, the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance."<ref>Monnier-Williams (1899), Monnier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press, Prakriti, page 654 available on [http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/mw/0600/mw__0687.html Prakriti]</ref> Phenomenon of prakriti is fundamental to understanding the human life and its surroundings, especially, the practice of [[Ayurveda]]. Ayurvedic physician must be able assess [[deha prakriti]] of the patient before he can proceed further. Balanced [[deha prakriti]] represents [[health]] and degree of imbalance determines disease. </p> | |||
The term 'Prakriti' (also spelled as Prakruti) (Sanskrit: प्रकृति) literally means "making or placing before or at first, the original or natural form or condition of anything, original or primary substance."<ref>Monnier-Williams (1899), Monnier William's Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 2nd Ed., Oxford University Press, Prakriti, page 654 available on [http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/mw/0600/mw__0687.html Prakriti]</ref> Phenomenon of prakriti is fundamental to understanding the human life and its surroundings, especially, the practice of [[Ayurveda]]. Ayurvedic physician must be able assess [[deha prakriti]] of the patient before he can proceed further. Balanced [[deha prakriti]] represents [[health]] and degree of imbalance determines disease. | |||
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