CONCEPTS OF HRIDAY (AYURVED) IN THE SENSE OF HEART AND BRAIN

The concept of Hriday is found in almost all text of Ayurved which is considered or taken as ‘Heart’ by Ayurvedic specialties. It is considered that the concept of brain is not described in Ayurved. As in modern science and hence it is thought that brain is the only concept of modern science and Ayurveda is far away from this concept which is totally wrong. Most of the scholars and expert of Ayurveda consider ‘Hriday’ as Heart only. Recent research reveals that there are two brains, one in cranial cavity and other is situated in Heart itself. An attempt is made to study Hriday which is described under “Arthe Dash Mahamuliy Adhyaya”, and Trimarmiya Adhyaya of Carak Samita and Hriday in Garbh-vyakaran Shariropkramniya Adhyaya (Chapters on embryology) of Sushrut Sharir Sthan (Anatomy by Sushrut) and whether it has same meaning indicating similarity with brain and heart or different meaning and its broader aspect with respect to brain in line with modern research.