Correspondence Address:
Dr. Pratiksha Kakasaheb Kamble PG scholar, Rachana Sharir Department, Government Ayurvedic College Nanded, Maharashtra, India. Email: kamblepratiksha218@gmail.com
Date of Acceptance: 2025-08-02
Date of Publication:2025-09-02
Article-ID:IJIM_413_09_25 https://ijim.co.in
Source of Support: Nil
Conflict of Interest: Non declared
How To Cite This Article: Kamble P., Deshpande P., Dawre M. A Holistic Approach toward Manovaha Strotas in view of Anidra. Int J Ind Med 2025;6(08):33-39 DOI: http://doi.org/10.55552/IJIM.2025.6807
Aahar (food), Nidra (sleep), and Bramhacharya (celibacy) are three pillars of life (Tryopstambha); (4)Nidra (sleep) is one of them. Ayurveda recognizes the importance of Nidra for health. It considers Nidra a basic instinct of life. Sleeping is essential for all living beings. Anidra is called Insomnia in modern science. Nidranasha arises from Vatadosha imbalance, often aggravated by stress, overstimulation, poor lifestyle habits, or internal dysfunctions. In Anidra, there is an imbalance in Tarpakaa Kapha, prana, vyau, sadhak Pitta, and Tapaka kapha, which is a sub-Dosha of kapha nourishing brain cells and facilitating good sleep at night. Nidra results from factors that lower the body’s levels of Tama and Kapha guna. Vata-Pitta vridhi, as mentioned by Acharya Vagbhatta and Sushruta, is a cause of Anidra in Ayurveda. Anidra is regarded as one of the Vatavyadhi Nanatmaja.(6) Sleep is crucial for maintaining good health. Acharya Charaka correctly states that proper and improper sleep determine happiness and misery, proper and improper growth, strength and weakness, potency and sterility, wisdom and ignorance, and life and death. Nidra can also be a sign of today's lifestyles, including anxiety disorders, stress, pathological, and psychological conditions. Therefore, with the help of Panchkarma procedures, Yoga, medication, and diet plans, one can reduce such issues of Anidra.
Keywords: Ayurveda, Nidra, Nidranash, Insomnia, Anidra.
