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Dinacharya or daily regimen for the maintenance of good health. Ritucharya or seasonal regimen.

Important Texts of Ayurveda. Selected extracts from Astāngahrdaya (selections from Sūtrasthāna)
and Suśruta-Samhitā (sections on plastic surgery, cataract surgery and anal fistula). The large
pharmacopeia of Ayurveda.

Charaka and Sushruta on the qualities of a Vaidya. The whole world is a teacher of the good Vaidya.
Charaka’s description of a hospital. Hospitals in ancient and medieval India.

How Ayurveda continued to flourish till 18/19th centuries. Surgical practices, inoculation. Current
revival of Ayurveda and Yoga.

8. Classical Literature in Sanskrit and Other Indian Languages:

The nature and purpose of Kavya. Drisya and Sravya Kavyas.

The ideas of Indian aestheticians on what constitutes the soul of Kavya.

Important examples of classical literature in Sanskrit and other Indian languages.

9. Indian Education:

Preservation of culture, tradition and Dharma through education. Svadhyaya, Pravachana. Also
continuity of the family and the vamsha, who are the carriers of knowledge, tradition and Dharma.

The extent, inclusiveness and the sophistication of indigenous education in early19th century India.

10. The Purpose of Knowledge in India:
Para Vidya and Apara Vidya. The corpus connected with Para Vidya. Learning and formalization of
concepts associated with Para Vidya also form part of Apara.

Apara Vidya. Nature and purpose of sciences, technologies, and all human knowledge concerning the
world and the society.

The concept of Rita, Dharma. The cycle of mutual dependence of humans and all aspect of creation.
Yajna and the inviolable discipline of sharing and caring.

11. Methodology of Indian Knowledge System:

Systematization of knowledge fields as Sastra. Each Sastra has a clearly defined purpose in
Vyavahara.

The means of valid knowledge (Pramanas). Perception (Pratyaksha), Inference (Anumana) and
Textual Tradition (Agama), as discussed in the canonical texts of all the disciplines.

The importance of Pratyaksha and Agama in relation to Anumana.

12. Indian Architecture and Town Planning:
The importance of Sthapatya-veda. The ancient cities of the Indus Saraswati region. Town planning
and drainage systems.

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