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The term Sowa-Rigpa is derived from Bhoti language which means 'Knowledge of Healing'. It is an ancient medical system concieved and propounded by Lord Buddha in India and later was enrihed in the entire Trans-Himalyan Region. Sowa-Rigpa has been developed and incorporated into different environmental and cultural contexts through the centuries.
Sowa-Rigpa has moulded itself into the socio-cultural lineage since ages. Where every village has had an Amchi family to look after public health. Today, Sowa-Rigpa is acknowledged as a traditional Medical system by the governments of India, Bhutan, Mongolia and Tibet.
The principle medical text ''rGud-bZi'' (chatush Tantra-a textboo of fundamental principles of Sowa-Rigpa in Sanskrit language) was pioneered by Lord Buddha and translated into Bhoti Language around 8th-12th Century and amended by Yuthok Yontan Gombo and other scholars of Trans Himalayan region according to the socio-climatic conditions.
The fundamental principles of Sowa-Rigpa is based on Jung-wa-nga (panchmahabutha) Nespa-su (Tridosha), Luszung-dun (saptadhatu) etc. According to Sowa-Rigpa health is an equation of balanc of tridosha and five cosmophysical energies, balance within body, balance with the environment and with the universe.
Source - Yojana
The term Sowa-Rigpa is derived from Bhoti language which means 'Knowledge of Healing'. It is an ancient medical system concieved and propounded by Lord Buddha in India and later was enrihed in the entire Trans-Himalyan Region. Sowa-Rigpa has been developed and incorporated into different environmental and cultural contexts through the centuries.
Sowa-Rigpa has moulded itself into the socio-cultural lineage since ages. Where every village has had an Amchi family to look after public health. Today, Sowa-Rigpa is acknowledged as a traditional Medical system by the governments of India, Bhutan, Mongolia and Tibet.
The principle medical text ''rGud-bZi'' (chatush Tantra-a textboo of fundamental principles of Sowa-Rigpa in Sanskrit language) was pioneered by Lord Buddha and translated into Bhoti Language around 8th-12th Century and amended by Yuthok Yontan Gombo and other scholars of Trans Himalayan region according to the socio-climatic conditions.
The fundamental principles of Sowa-Rigpa is based on Jung-wa-nga (panchmahabutha) Nespa-su (Tridosha), Luszung-dun (saptadhatu) etc. According to Sowa-Rigpa health is an equation of balanc of tridosha and five cosmophysical energies, balance within body, balance with the environment and with the universe.
Source - Yojana
