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BODY

Vatha Pitha Lean Medium Weak Fleshy Tall/ Short Delicate Unshaped Unshaped Prominent veins and tendons Loose Cold in touch hot in touch Rigid Emits bad smell Rough Proportionate Un proportionate Undernourished Long developed

Kapha Stout Large Soft Beautiful

Firm Compact Lustrous Stable Well developed Low body temperature Oily Soft Glossy Fair

2. SKIN

Dry Rough Lusterless Blackish Reddish / yellow Bluish patches Soft Blackish Dry Lusterless Small Fluctuating Eyelids open while sleeping Desires cold

Wrinkles Fair Warts Moles White/pinkish Glorious

3. EYE Reddish/Coppery Small angles Rounded Quickly becomes red Sharp eye sight Pleasant Gentle look White RedlPink Wide and long Pleasant Oily Calm Well designed White and Black spheres Plenty of hairs Thick More Firm

4. EYEBROWS Unstable Thin Small 5. EYE LASHES Small Dry

Nothing specific

Thin Few Oily

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6. HAIRS OF BODY/HEAD & MOUSTACHE Scanty Soft Rough Brown/coppery Cracking Small lusterless Few Grayish Early baldness Curly Early graying 7. HEAD Unstable Nothing specific 8. LIPS Dry Red coloured Cracking Soft Shapeless Thin Unstable Blackish 9. TEETH Coarse Medium Thin With gap Few Protuberant Cracking Irregular Straight Smooth Shining white 10. TONGUE Unstable Reddish / coppery 11. FACE Rough Fleshy Worried look 12. FOREHEAD Small With folds 13. LOWER JAW Small Nothing specific 14. JOINTS Unstable Loose Protuberant Moderately hidden Sound producing on movements 15. PALMS Unstable Reddish Dry Rough Cracked 16. FOOT Unstable Reddish Rough Cracked 17. NAILS Rough Coppery/reddish Thin Soft Small Small Blackish Flat

Strong Thick Curly Oily Black Proportionate Steady Pinkish Smooth Glossy

Firm Strong Many Healthy gums Even Glazing

Nothing specific Pleasant

Large Big Firm Compact Concealed

Big Oily Firm

Nothing specific

Large Thick White Firm

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Cracking Breaking 18. CHEST Small Not well built 19. GAIT Unsteady Fast Light Quick Producing sound Wandering Habit of moving hands /Iegs/shoulder 20. ACTIVITIES Unsteady Un beatable Quick Starts any work hastily 21. MUSCLES Bulged calves Loose / flaccid 22. STRENGTH Less Moderate Tires Quickly Cannot withstand physical or mental Work/ exertion 23. SPEECH/ VOICE Talkative Irrelevantspeech Obstructed Hoarse Fast Diffused Speech 24. FOOD HABITS Eats much Eats swifty Takes light food Likes hot food Irregular diet Irreg. digestion Prefers sweet Prefers sour Prefers salty Prefers Oily 25. STOOL/BOWEL Hard bowel Tenaency of constipation Nothing Specific

Convex Glossy Big Elevated Slow Stable Foot pressing against ground

Slow lazy

Well build Good Does not feel tired after physical or mental Work/ exertion Gentle Speaks little Clear voice Slow Steady Firm

Clear loud Talkative Good and impressive Good at arguments Resonant voice

Excessive hunger Likes hot food Eats much Dry food Like cold/warmfood East slowly Eats / drinks often less hungry / thirst Prefers sweet likes spicy Prefers bitter likes bitter Prefers astringent likes astringent likes sweet Weak in digestion

Expels frequently Large quantity Yellowish loose

Yellowish well formed Once in a day

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26. URINE

Obstructed Large quantity Yellowish 27. SWEATING Nothing particular Foul smell 28. HUNGER/ THIRST Upredictable Cannot tolerate 29. IMMUNITY less 30. LIFE SPAN Short 31. SEXUAL DESIRE less 32. REPRODUCTIVE STRENGTH Less semen / irregular menstruation Poor capacity

Expels frequently

Nothing specific

Sweat very easily Good Can tolerate Moderate Medium Medium Less inclined to sex Unlike by women/ men Less semen/ovum

less sweating less

Good long More Much semen / regular menstruate Liked by women /men Sexually powerful.

Un attracted by opposite sex 33. BEHAVIOUR Coward Stealing Atheis Unstable No control over senses Quick attachtment and detachment Noble less Sorrowful Less intelligent Ungrateful Aversion to cold Biting nails

Aversion to heat Stability Afraid of discomfort Control over senses Affectionate to dependence Grateful Like being praised Humble Proud Courageous Good behaviour Adventurous Jealousy Generous Scholar Intelligent Clean Generous Long concealed enimity Not greedy Caim Quiet Obedient Straight forward Religious Honour the teachers Well educated Civilised Stable Rarely Not specific

Grinding teeth while slieeping 34. FRIENDSHIP Few Unsteady 35. ANGER Quick 36. FEAR Quick Dependable Quick Rarely

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37. DREAMS Climbing hills / sky 38. Sleep Interrupted < 6 hrs. 39. GRASPING POWER Some times quickly / slowly Very clever Genius 40. MEMORY Forgets,quickly 41. HOBBIES Music Humour Hunting Gaming 42. INTOLARANCE Cold Fond of garlands Perfumes Decorative Music Hot Anger Hunger Physical urges Thirst 43. PROBLEM FACING Worrying constantly Can take right firm quick decision Talented Moderate Good Fire /lightning Sound 6 - 8 hrs. Water / birds / clouds Sound < 8 hrs.

Always quickly

Always grasp late

Can tolerate cold/heat/ angry/hunger thirst, physical urges

Can take right firm calm decision and stable mind

Cannot take stable decision Total number of Characters of Vata Total number of Characters of Pitta Total number of Characters of Kapha - 133 - 118 - 131

Percentage of characters of one Dosha = No. of Characters present x 100 Total No. of Characters Prakrithi of the individual Vata....................... % Pitta....................... Kapha.................... % % = % of Characters present x 100 Total No. %

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Assesment of Dhehaprakrithi of.........................................................................is Vata Vata Kapha Pitta Pitta Kapha Kapha Samadosha Vata Pitta