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Charaka and Sushruta both have enumerated the layers of skin and the thickness of layers and diseases occurring in these layers have also been narrated. Their possible modern equivalence as given by some scholars in Ayurvedic texts is as follows:

Charaka and Sushruta both have enumerated the layers of skin and the thickness of layers and diseases occurring in these layers have also been narrated. Their possible modern equivalence as given by some scholars in Ayurvedic texts is as follows:

Sl. No Layers Thickness Modern comparable equivalence* Skin Reflection of disease

in vrihi – size of rice/ barley Seed Probable equivalence Layer

! rowspan="2"| Sl. No

1 Avabhasini 1/18 stratum corneum Epidermis sidhma, padmini, kantaka

! rowspan="2"| Layers

2 Lohita 1/16 Stratum lucidum tilakalaka, vyanga, nyachha

! rowspan="1"| Thickness

3 Shweta 1/12 Stratum granulosum charmadala, ajagallika, mashaka

! rowspan="1"| Modern comparable equivalence*

4 Tamra 1/8 squamous cell layer and basal cell layer kilasa, kushtha

! rowspan="1"| Skin

5 Vedini 1/5 upper dermis Dermis kushtha, visarpa

! rowspan="1"| Reflection of disease

6 Rohini 01 lower dermis granthi, apachi, arbuda, sleepada, galaganda.

7 Mamsadhara 02 Subcutaneous tissue including fat bhagandara, vidradhi, arsha

! in vrihi – size of rice/ barley Seed || Probable equivalence || Layer || 

| 1 || Avabhasini || 1/18 ||  stratum corneum || Epidermis || sidhma, padmini, kantaka

| 2 || Lohita || 1/16 ||  Stratum lucidum ||  || tilakalaka, vyanga, nyachha

| 3 || Shweta || 1/12 || Stratum granulosum ||  || charmadala, ajagallika, mashaka

| 4 || Tamra || 1/8 ||  squamous cell layer and basal cell layer ||  || kilasa, kushtha

| 5 || Vedini || 1/5 ||  upper dermis || Dermis || kushtha, visarpa

| 6 || Rohini || 01 ||  lower dermis ||  || granthi, apachi, arbuda, sleepada, galaganda.

| 7 || Mamsadhara || 02 ||  Subcutaneous tissue including fat ||  || bhagandara, vidradhi, arsha

 

*we have correlated the relative terms in modern dermatology that are selected by considering the origin of the disease and thickness of layer explained in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda].

*we have correlated the relative terms in modern dermatology that are selected by considering the origin of the disease and thickness of layer explained in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayurveda Ayurveda].