Open AccessA CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF ATATVABHINIVESHA AS MAHAGADA, AND ITS MODERN INTERPRETATION
Author(s) -
Raviprasd Hegde,
Suhas Kumar Shetty
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international ayurvedic medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2320-5091
DOI - 10.46607/iamj1709052021
Subject(s) - psychosis , interpretation (philosophy) , intellect , psychology , mental disease , psychiatry , psychotherapist , disease , medicine , epistemology , philosophy , pathology , linguistics
Atatvabhinivesha is a disease explained only in Charaka Samhita and considered it as a difficult to treat mental disorder (Mahagada). Budhi Vibhramsha (loss of intellect) is the predominant symptom of Atatvabhinivesha. Be- cause of complete derangement of intellectual capacity person loses his insight towards disease, and self. Modern interpretation for Atatvabhinivesha can be done to the symptoms of Psychosis, where person loses insight and develops psychotic symptoms predominantly delusions and hallucinations.Keywords: Atatvabhinivesha, Mahagada, Psychosis