2. CONTENTS
Introduction
View of Acharya
Kashyapa
View of Acharya
Sushrutha
View of Acharya
Charaka
View Of Ashtanga
Sangraha
View of Ashtanga
Hridaya
View of Hareetha
View of Arogya
3. INTRODUCTION
•
(Cha.Sa.Vi.8/183)
Vaya is the time measurement stages of life
• There are various structural, functional & psychological changes takes
place in different stages of life(age).
• In Ayurvedic classics, total age of a human being is classified acc. to his
physical dynamics i.e, (dhathu pushti sthithi naasam). Of these, Kaumara
Bhrithya deals with first phase of life i.e, the stage of dhathupushti, the
basis of which is the maturing annavaha srothas. So, most number of
classification are based on the nature of food taken by baby.
4. ACC TO CHARAKA
,
BAALYAM: Balavastha is the period from birth to 30 years of age. It is further divided into
two
1)APARIPAKWA DHATHU: Stage of immaturity- birth to 16 years of age.
2)VIVARDHAMANA DHATHU: Stage of progressive maturation. 16 to 30 years of age
MADHYAM: 30 to 60 years
JEERNAM: 60 to 100 years
7. • A)BAALYA- Upto 16 years
KSHEERAPA- Upto 1 year (Period of maximum feeding on milk food)
KSHEERANNADA- 1 to 2 years (Period of feeding on milk & solid ]
ANNADA- 2to 16 years (Period of feeding on solid food only)
B)YOUVANA C)VAARDHAKYA
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1. KSHEERAPA – upto 1 year – fed with milk
2.BALA – till 16 years – fed up with anna and ksheera
3. ANNADA – after 16 years – fed up with annadi
10. ACCORDING TO ACHARYA
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As per ASHTANGA HRIDAYA
1. BAALYAM : Upto 16 years
A)KSHEERAVARTANAM
B)ANNAVARTANAM
C)UBHAYAVARTHANAM
2. MADHYAM
3. KSHAYAM
As per ASHTANGA
SAMGRAHA
1 )BAALYAM- Upto 16 years
A)STANYAAVARTANAM
B)AAHARAVARTANAM
C)UBHAYAVARTHANAM
2)MADHYAMAM- Upto 60 years
12. •
• With due consideration to gender
Male
(1yr)
2yr
-3-16yr
Female
(by 12yrs)
10-12yrs
12-16yrs
13. ACC TO AROGYA KALPADRUMA
As per Shri.Kaikulangara Rama Warrier- Vaya classified into 11 categories
: : : : : (A.K 1/4)
JATAMATRA- Birth to 2 weeks
PAKSHATEETA- 15 days to 1 month
ATHIPAKSHATI- Above 4 weeks
TRAIMASIKA- Above 3 months
SHANMASIKA – Above 6 months
EKABDA- 1 year old
TRAYABDA- 3 year old
PANCHAHAYANA- 5 year old
ASHTABDA- 8 year old
DASABDA- 10 year old
DWADASABDA-12 year old
14. ACC TO DHARMASINDHUSARA
• “,
,
• A)SHISHU- Till weaning (Annaprashana) is
performed
• B)BAALA- Upto 3 years
• C) KUMARA- Till the performance of MUNJAABANDHANA, a ceremony like that of
thread- marriage to mark adulthood
15. ACC TO PARASHARA
[mentions only about age of female child]
•
8 years – gouri
9 years – rohini
10 years – kanya
After years – rajaswala
17. • PRE-NATAL PERIOD
A)OVUM- 0 to 14 days (Upto fertilization)
B) EMBRYO- 14th day to 9th week of fertilization
C) FETUS- 9th week upto birth
• PERI-NATAL PERIOD-
From 28th week of gestation to
1 week after delivery
18.
19. • ADOLESCENCE-
• A)PRE PUBESCENT
• BOYS-12 to 14 years
• GIRLS-10 to 12 years
• B)PUBESCENT
• BOYS-14 to 16 years
• GIRLS-12 to 14 years
• C)POST PUBESCENT
• BOYS-16 to 20 years
• GIRLS-14 to 18 years
20. IMPORTANCE OF VAYO BHEDA
• With due consideration to ,,our acharyas done the .
• In children the status of Dosha,Dhatu,Malas in various diseases
are similar to that of adults but in .Hence the administration of
drug also should be proportionately small,based on body
weight ,agni etc.
• By describing treatment aspects ,acharyas mentioned
therapies also.
21. 1. To calculate the dose of medicine in children.
2. To assess the developmental condition of child according
to milestones.
3. For performing samskaras. For e.g namkaran samskar is
done after 1 year of age.
4. For the purpose of immunization.
5. To assess the various physiological development of baby.
6. Also related with onset time of diseases.e.g neonatal
jaundice, dantodbhava janya vyadhi.
7. Related with treatment principles based on shodhana.
