dosha
दोष doṣaIn Ayurveda, one of the functional principles whose balance is health and whose disturbance is disease. Charaka counts five: three of the body (vata, pitta, kapha) and two of the mind (rajas and tamas).
Where this term appears
- What is Ayurveda? Essentials
Sushruta answers at Sutrasthana 15.41: one whose doshas are balanced, whose agni , the digestive fire, is steady, whose tissues and wastes are doing their work, and then he keeps going, and whose self, senses a…
- The Three Gunas (Sattva, Rajas, Tamas) Essentials
Here a common confusion needs clearing, because it trips up almost everyone who meets these ideas through modern wellness writing. The three gunas are not the three doshas .
- The Navagraha: The Nine Planetary Powers Deities
He is also the planet behind one of the most anxiously consulted beliefs in Indian marriage, the Mangal dosha or the condition of being Manglik , and we will come to that among the afflictions.
- What is Ganesh Chaturthi? Worship
…ever gazed on the moon on this chaturthi would be smeared with mithya dosha , the blemish of false accusation.
- What is Jyotisha? Scriptures
Mangala dosha , the manglik affliction, declares a person dangerous to their future spouse if Mars sits in the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 7th, 8th or 12th house.