A perspective study of the dynamics of ayurvedic benevolence and mytho-science in Amish Tripathi’s Shiva Trilogy

Abstract

In the ancient India, men are blessed with the bountiful bliss of good health and sound mind where yoga and ayurveda has its own prominent significance. It is analysed that people thrived for longer years with more elasticity in their living. The Puranic Veda and Upanishads have elaborated the notable existence of Ayureda and yogic culture as a theory. Hindu mythology is rich in its heritage of sharing in abundance the application of Ayurvedic science for a healthy lifestyle. The utilization of ‘sanjeevani leaves’ for reviving the life of Lakshman in the great epic the Ramayana still creates an aura in the field of contemporary scientific observations. In the Indian mythological reading, ‘nature’ has a significantly remarkable position. They worship nature as a motherly archetype, bestowing respect and care for the natural world and in return Mother Nature offers shelter, food, good health and innumerable other benefits. The ecocritical theory of the current horrid practices of the anthropocene men on the divergent natural world is contrasted by the earlier eco-worshipping people. The Indian popular writer and mythologist Amish Tripathi has touched on such themes of nature and physical sciences in his writings. The author has altered stories from the Hindu mythology and has re-narrated them with modern elements. The book series Shiva Trilogy, has accounted the lifestyle of Shiva, a humble tribal man from the Land of Mansarover Lake in Tibet along with Parvati and her kinsmen the Meluhans. The novel depicts the story of Somras, the ethereal drink of long life. The Meluhans are notable for their visible practices of ayurveda, medicinal sciences and yogic habits and their cherishing reliance on nature. The paper attempts to articulate the specific practices of ayurvedic relevance and physical sciences through the lens of mytho-science in understanding the concept of ‘scientific components’ behind myth.