SYSTEM OF EDUCATION IN AYURVEDA - PAST AND THE PRESENT

Ayurveda is an ancient science of healing that has stood the tides of time till today. The education and learning of Ayurveda had reached its zenith and was the much developed system of the time. But due to foreign Islamic and even the European invasion leading to colonialism and slavery, it got slowly reduced to a inferior or rudimentary status. After the dark 800 years of history, today it is on a revival path with a new look through a new system of education and understanding. The new approach has given it the necessary impetus leading to profound research and understanding not only in the application of science but also on its basic concepts and principles. The present text is an attempt to give the reader a gist of the education system that existed in the past and the present along with the possible reasons for the cycle of Dawn, Growth and Fall of the science. The author has made a honest attempt to keep the facts in front of the readers to the behest of the knowledge obtained from different sources. It is for the readers to analyse and understand the impact of the education systems that existed in the past and present and its impact on the quality of Ayurveda.