Acharya Sushruta has explained the importance of Sootrasthana with three facts that, it gives a brief description of ideas perme- ated all through the treatise, the ideas scattered all over the text can be understood like compos- ing together the flowers in a thread and it contains ideas in the form of a seed to grow further in the text 2. Sootra is one which gives the knowledge of the whole treatise in a nutshell. It explains concepts in a simpler and clear way systematically in Padya Roopa Shlokas (Sootras). Among Brihattrayee, Ashtanga Hridaya is a better option to study and understand Sootrasthana. In this chapter, Acharya Vagbhata has invited the reader’s a ttention to gather Review Article International Ayurvedic Medical Journal ISSN:2320 5091 ABSTRACT Preeminence of Sootrasthana of Vaghbhata 1 is well known. Ayushkameeya Adhyaya is the first chapter of Ashtanga Hridaya Soot- rasthana. Vagbhata has made Soot- rasthana with such a great perfection for better understanding of fundamentals of Ayurveda. Sootrasthana of Ashtanga Hridaya is ac- credited the best. These all augment- ed the popularity of Ashtanga Hridaya. More over better clarifications were made on subject matters avoiding con- troversies born out of Kayachikitsa and Shalyachikitsa systems. The abundant verses and sys- tematic arrangement of portions made this easy to learn. Ashtanga Hridaya came into existence under the authorship of Vagbhata (Laghu Vagbhata ) which is more easily understandable for people with less intelligence. They were well documented many centuries back and remain the same in present era and will not change in future. Fundamentals of Ayurveda are not ever going to change. Globally it is accepted as a main stream medicine. In the recent past, it was considered as an al- ternate medicinal system. A CRITICAL REVIEW ON AYUSHKAMEEYA ADHYAYA OF ASHTANGA HRIDAYA SOOTRASTHANA Dr Shrikanth P.H 1, Dr Vidyanand Mohan 2 1 Professor and HOD, 2 Final Year P.G Scholar, Dept of Samhita and Siddhanta, SDM College of Ayurveda, Udupi, Karnataka, India INTRODUCTION As a unique Indian medical system, Ayurveda is popular all over the world.
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