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Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature

The antique Cittā system of medicine has survived since age old period in southern part of India because of its firm basic tenets of Indian Philosophy. While the present day scientific community rejects the intellectual elements used by traditional disciplines claiming them as erroneous belief, it h...

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Main Authors: Rajantheran, Muniandy, Silllalee, K., Maniam, Krishanan, Jeeva Gladys, R., Thangadurai, K.
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Published: Hampstead Psychological Associates 2020
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B Philosophy (General)
P Philology. Linguistics
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Online Access:http://eprints.um.edu.my/25347/
https://doi.org/10.37200/IJPR/V24I4/PR201356
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spelling my.um.eprints.253472020-08-14T01:53:51Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/25347/ Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature Rajantheran, Muniandy Silllalee, K. Maniam, Krishanan Jeeva Gladys, R. Thangadurai, K. B Philosophy (General) P Philology. Linguistics PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania The antique Cittā system of medicine has survived since age old period in southern part of India because of its firm basic tenets of Indian Philosophy. While the present day scientific community rejects the intellectual elements used by traditional disciplines claiming them as erroneous belief, it has become mandatory to validate the subjective parameters such as “Aḷavaikaḷ” in classical Cittā text through scientific methodology. The term “Aḷavaikaḷ” in Cittā literature can be referred to as Logics or the prime units of measurement used in the ancient times for disease diagnosis and prognosis. It was also known by the terminology “Piramāṇaṅkaḷ” which constitute the first ever tool in the quest for knowledge. In this review all these traditional tools of knowledge have been carefully analysed and has been interpreted on scientific grounds to overlook on this traditional concept of Cittā literature with no scope of any myth or fallacy and aims to unravel the relationship between the philosophy of Aḷavaikaḷ with that of epistemology and Logical reasoning. © 2020, Hampstead Psychological Associates. All rights reserved. Hampstead Psychological Associates 2020 Article PeerReviewed Rajantheran, Muniandy and Silllalee, K. and Maniam, Krishanan and Jeeva Gladys, R. and Thangadurai, K. (2020) Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature. International Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, 24 (04). pp. 2487-2494. ISSN 1475-7192 https://doi.org/10.37200/IJPR/V24I4/PR201356 doi:10.37200/IJPR/V24I4/PR201356
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topic B Philosophy (General)
P Philology. Linguistics
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
spellingShingle B Philosophy (General)
P Philology. Linguistics
PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
Rajantheran, Muniandy
Silllalee, K.
Maniam, Krishanan
Jeeva Gladys, R.
Thangadurai, K.
Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature
description The antique Cittā system of medicine has survived since age old period in southern part of India because of its firm basic tenets of Indian Philosophy. While the present day scientific community rejects the intellectual elements used by traditional disciplines claiming them as erroneous belief, it has become mandatory to validate the subjective parameters such as “Aḷavaikaḷ” in classical Cittā text through scientific methodology. The term “Aḷavaikaḷ” in Cittā literature can be referred to as Logics or the prime units of measurement used in the ancient times for disease diagnosis and prognosis. It was also known by the terminology “Piramāṇaṅkaḷ” which constitute the first ever tool in the quest for knowledge. In this review all these traditional tools of knowledge have been carefully analysed and has been interpreted on scientific grounds to overlook on this traditional concept of Cittā literature with no scope of any myth or fallacy and aims to unravel the relationship between the philosophy of Aḷavaikaḷ with that of epistemology and Logical reasoning. © 2020, Hampstead Psychological Associates. All rights reserved.
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author Rajantheran, Muniandy
Silllalee, K.
Maniam, Krishanan
Jeeva Gladys, R.
Thangadurai, K.
author_facet Rajantheran, Muniandy
Silllalee, K.
Maniam, Krishanan
Jeeva Gladys, R.
Thangadurai, K.
author_sort Rajantheran, Muniandy
title Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature
title_short Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature
title_full Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature
title_fullStr Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature
title_full_unstemmed Validation of Units Of Measurement (Alavaikal) In Traditional Cittā Literature and Its Significance In Traditional Diagnostic Methods: An Epistemological View of Aḷavaikaḷ in Cittā Literature
title_sort validation of units of measurement (alavaikal) in traditional cittā literature and its significance in traditional diagnostic methods: an epistemological view of aḷavaikaḷ in cittā literature
publisher Hampstead Psychological Associates
publishDate 2020
url http://eprints.um.edu.my/25347/
https://doi.org/10.37200/IJPR/V24I4/PR201356
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