Interrelatedness of Tridoshas and Trigunas in Personality

of Indian philosophy is that man is a microcosm of the macrocosmic world that he inhabits. This implies explicitly that whatever man is made up of, the world too is made up of those same things or elements, but with different combinations and degrees. Here, by elements is meant the five mahabhutasthat is Akasa, Vayu, Tejas, Ap and Prithvi. (Ether, air, fire, water and earth proto-elements respectively). These five elements combine with each other to form the three humors of Vata, Pitta and Kapha, (also called the Tridoshas in unison) which is the corner stone of Ayurvedic philosophy. (Sharma, P., 1981; 2004; Murthy, K.R.S. 2007). The Tridoshas are composed of all the Pancha Mahabhutas, but one or the other is predominant, with the other four in lesser dominance. There can never be a state when one or the other Pancha Mahabhuta is absent totally. All five are essential to sustain life. The Tridoshas constitute the physical-physiological components and are designed to understand Interrelatedness of Tridoshas and Trigunas in Personality An Empirical Investigation