European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

INTRODUCTION OF ASHAYA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO MUTRASHAYA

*Priyanka Kashyap, Dr. Renu Tripathi and Dr. Ashok Kumar Dwivedi

ABSTRACT

Ayurved is one of the world‟s oldest holistic healing therapies which was developed thousands of years ago in India, having its main motto as preservation of health in a healthy person and treating ailments while demolishing the causative factors of pathogenesis. For this purpose, it is necessary to know the complete structure of human body before treating the diseases. A separate sthana known as „sharir sthana‟ has been mentioned in Samhita granthas to provide knowledge about entire body in all aspects. Many concepts has been described in Sharir sthana including the concept of Ashaya, which is known as a space meant for occupancy for different and essential entities needed for the body functioning and also by the waste materials needed to be expelled out of the body. As mutra is also a type of mala (waste material), separate ashaya called as Mutrashaya is mentioned in samhitas. In this present paper, an attempt is made to explore the concept of Ashaya in an introductory form with special reference to Mutrashaya in a systematic and well organized manner to know its exact anatomy and importance as an Ashaya.

Keywords: Ashaya, Mutra, Mutrashaya.