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The maintenance of healthy life is dependent on the lifestyle followed, hence the factors which are mandatory for sustenance of life are mentioned next.
The maintenance of healthy life is dependent on the lifestyle followed, hence the factors which are mandatory for sustenance of life are mentioned next.
==== Three upasthambhas =====
==== Three upasthambhas ====
The three upasthambhas or supporting pillars of body mentioned in this chapter are ahara (diet), swapna (sleep) and bramhacharya (celibacy). As diet is critical for the sustenance of life, it is the first of the three, followed by sleep and bramahacharya. Importance of a healthy and wholesome diet (in Sutra sthana , Chapter 27), various classification of dietary items (in Sutra Sthana, Chapter 25), wholesome and unwholesome diets (in Sutra Sthana, Chapter 25), the quantity of diet to be taken and the significance of a balanced diet (in Sutra Sthana, Chapter 5,) eight factors responsible for digestion of food and ahara vidhi vidhan (rules for diet described in Vimana Sthana Chapter 1), ahara parinamkara bhavas (factors affecting diet digestion mentioned in Sharir Sthana chapter 6), the dietary regimen according to different seasons (in Sutra Chapter 6) and the description of incompatible foods (in Charaka Sutra chapter 26).
The three upasthambhas or supporting pillars of body mentioned in this chapter are ahara (diet), swapna (sleep) and bramhacharya (celibacy). As diet is critical for the sustenance of life, it is the first of the three, followed by sleep and bramahacharya. Importance of a healthy and wholesome diet (in Sutra sthana , Chapter 27), various classification of dietary items (in Sutra Sthana, Chapter 25), wholesome and unwholesome diets (in Sutra Sthana, Chapter 25), the quantity of diet to be taken and the significance of a balanced diet (in Sutra Sthana, Chapter 5,) eight factors responsible for digestion of food and ahara vidhi vidhan (rules for diet described in Vimana Sthana Chapter 1), ahara parinamkara bhavas (factors affecting diet digestion mentioned in Sharir Sthana chapter 6), the dietary regimen according to different seasons (in Sutra Chapter 6) and the description of incompatible foods (in Charaka Sutra chapter 26).