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Namah A Critical review of Kala (Time) in Ayurveda
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correspond to its physical reality (19).” 4. Caraka Sammhita, p. 679
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Pointing to the source of time, Sri Aurobindo 5. Ibid.,p. 597.
indicated that the Truth Consciousness is the
first operative principle of the divine Supermind. 6. Ibid., p. 91.
It is all-pervading, all-comprehensive and all-
inhabiting. Because it comprehends all things 7. Ibid.
in being, in static self-awareness, subjective,
timeless, space-less, therefore it comprehends 8. Ibid.,p. 597.
all things in dynamic Knowledge and governs
their objective embodiment in space-time (20). 9. Ibid.,p. 839.

Conclusion 10. Sussruta Sammhita, p. 260.
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AAyurveda’s philosophical outlook on Kaala 11. Tripathi RD. Astanga Samgraha. 3 ed. Varanasi:
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