Abstract

Aayurveda considers the mental as well as physical health of an individual to be a consequence of tridosha-s, mala and dhaatu-s. One of the tridosha-s is the vaayu tattva which is the root cause of all bodily sounds. Each and every cell rather each pore of the body has a very special sound. Some of these sounds are audible to humans, whether with or without scientific instruments while the other ones remain inaudible in the absence of any worldly scientific instrument capable of catching them but yogic practices could testify them. All these sounds are very rhythmic and Indian Classical Music calls them as ‘Naada’. The word ‘Naada’ is a conjunction of ‘Nakaara’ means Praana and ‘Dakaara’ means Agni. Praana is a form of vaayu tattva while agni is of pitta tattva so naada becomes a byproduct of tridosha of Aayurveda. The relationships of sapta-dhaatu-s with seven musical notes give an approximate logical reasoning for raaga-timings mentioned in ancient Indian musical texts. It may also give clues to the music therapists to choose raga-s for cure of various diseases.