The Global Rediscovery of Ayurveda - P Ram Manohar -

About This Talk:
0:23 Position of Ayurveda in contemporary world - Work on traditional Indian medicines, Ayurveda in world Universities, Ayurveda across the globe.
4:42 Spread of Ayurveda since ancient times - Contacts with China, Greece, Arabia, Europe.
7:26 Undercurrents of global Ayurveda - Pre-colonial period, Early postcolonial period, Post-Independence period.
16:13 Modern research initiatives in Ayurveda - Garcia Da’orta, Hortus malabaricus, Rhinoplasty, Smallpox Vaccination.
23:43 Ayurveda in Indian science and technology - Chronology of written traditions of India, Inter-cultural exchanges, Encounter with modern medicines.
Speaker: Dr. P. Rammanohar is the Research Director of Amrita School of Ayurveda. He was honored with the Ayurveda Marga Pravarthaka Award by the L. Mahadevan’s Ayurveda Foundation in 2014 and Vaidya Sundarlal Joshi Smriti Sodha Puraskara by the Mahagujarat Medical Society in 2015. In 2016, Poonthottam Ayurvedashram bestowed the Bharadvaja Puraskaram Award to him for contributions to research in Ayurveda. In 2017, he was honoured with Dr. C. Dwarakanath Memorial Award by IASTAM for contributions to contemporary interpretations of the principles of Ayurveda
In the last few decades, India’s own natural system of medicine, Ayurveda has gained signs of forward movement through global attention. This lecture demonstrates this underlying influence, particularly highlighting the contributions of Shri Dharampalji’s work. Here, Dr. P. Rammanohar explains how its modern shoot lies in its ancient roots, cordially exchanging significant knowledge with early China, Greece and Arabia.
Further, the lecturer highlights examples of rhinoplasty of Sushruta, smallpox inoculation, works of Meulenbeld, breakthrough discovery of reserpine drug from Rauvolfia serpentine, moving from clinic to the lab approach of Reverse Pharmacology, while explaining its rediscovery. Despite the suppressions faced in the colonial period, this “Science of Life” based on the ancient tathva, shastra and vyavahara framework maintained its prominence and innovation through the hands of Garcia de Orta and works like Hortus Malabaricus and Medicus Malabaricus.
However, we must not claim that Ayurveda represents complete medical knowledge, the emphasis must not be on unearthing historical records and no relevance is there for a confrontation between modern medicine and Ayurveda in asking which is better and more acceptable. The lecturer asserts that all we need is a meta-framework making room for diverse epistemologies to evaluate our complexities. Thus through collaboration and cooperation of these ancient and modern systems, humanity can address its needs yet to be met.
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