An effort to understand the difference in Atisaar & Pravaahika.

DIFFERENCE  IN Atisaar AND Pravaahika

S.No.	BHEDAKATVA	Atisaar	Pravaahika
1.	VYADHITVA	Independent Disease mentioned in Brihat-trayi.	Not an independent disease, a specific pattern/ condition/presentation of Atisaar.(Su.U.S.-40/22-23)
2.	NIDAN-PANCHAKA	Clearly Mentioned.	Not mentioned separately.
3.	Types	6 Vataja, Pittaja, Kaphaja, Sannipataja, Bhayaja & Shokaja	Vataja, Pittaja, Kaphaja & Raktaja
4.	DOSHA	Tridosha	Tridosha but initiated by Vat & Kapha
	Pachak-pitta	Pittaja A.- Dravya-gunatah vriddhi Karmatah Hani V.&K. Ati.- Dravya-guna & Karmatah Hani	Pitta/raktaja P.- Dravya-gunatah vriddhi & Karmatah Hani V.&K. P.- Dravya-guna & Karmatah Hani
	Samaan-vat	Pittaja A.- Dravya-gunatah- Karmatah vriddhi   V.&K. Ati.- Dravya-guna & Karmatah Hani	Pitta/raktaja P.- Dravya-gunatah-Karmatah vriddhi  V.&K. P.- Dravya-guna & Karmatah Hani
	Vyaan-vat	Karmatah Hani	Karmatah Hani
	Apaan-vat	Increased	Increased/sometime obstructed
	Kledak-kapha	Increased	Aashayapakrishta by Vat.
5.	DUSHYA	Initially- Ras, Mutra, Purish & Sweda. Later other dhatus in sequence	Initially- Ras mainly Later- Ras onward to Ojas
6.	Dhatu-gatatva	Frequently in Sannipataja only.	Frequent in all 4 types
7.	Ojo-affection	Not frequent	Frequent
8.	Dosha Prakop pattern	Prakriti-sam-samveta	Vikriti-visham-samveta
9.	SROTAS	Anna-purish-mutra- sweda-rasa-manovah	Anna-purish-mutra- sweda-rasavah
10.	ADHISHTHAN	Koshtha (Kshudrantra mainly)	Koshtha (Brihadantra & Guda mainly)
11.	AGNI	Manda	Manda/vishama
12.	SAM/NIRAM	Saam	Saam/niraam
13.	AASHAY	Aamashay- sammuttha	Aamashay-sammuttha
14.	SROTO-DUSHTI	Ati-pravritti	Ati-pravritti & on/off Sanga too.
15.	VYADHI-PRAKAR	Ashukari mainly	Ashukari/chirkari
16.	SADHYASADHYATA	Eka-doshaja- Saadhya Sannipataja- Krichhrasadhya  Sannipataja with upadrava- Asadhya	Not mentioned specifically
17.	POORVA-ROOPA	Mentioned	Not mentioned
18.	UPADRAVA	Mentioned	Not mentioned
19.	Nidanarthakaratva	Mentioned for ‘Gud-bhransha’ & ‘Grahani’.	‘Gud-bhransha’ but Not mentioned for ‘Grahani’ directly.
20.	Mala-pravritti (Frequency of Stool)	Less comparatively	More comparatively
21.	Mala-praman) Amount of Stool	More comparatively	Very Less comparatively
22.	GENERALISED DHATU-POSHAN	Not affected initially upto Doshavashechan.	Not affected initially but later may be affected due to recurrent Dhatu-kshaya(shleshma pravahana)
23.	BEEJA-DUSHTI	None	None
24.	SAR-SANHANANADI	Not Mentioned	Not Mentioned
25	PRATYATMA LAKSHANA	Bahu-drava- saranam	Ati-pravaahanam

 Prof. Dr. Surendra A. Soni, Govt. A.
Ayu. College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Presented by

 *Dr.(Miss) Jigna Mahida

   B.A.M.S., Ist. Yr. M.D.(Scholar)

   P.G. Dept. of Kaya-chikitsa

   Govt. Akhandanand Ayurveda College,

   Bhadra, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

**Dr. Surendra A. Soni

    Professor & Head

    P.G. Dept. of Kayachikitsa

    Govt. Akhandanand Ayurveda College,

    Bhadra, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.