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The word “Ayurveda” is the combination of two words.First is Ayu means life and second is veda means knowledge.The whole knowledge about life and its related things explained in Ayurveda Principles. According to Charaka Samhita, “life” is defined as the “combination of the healthy body, healthy sense organs, healthy mind and healthy soul.” There are major three books in which all types of things related to Ayurveda are explained .They are 1 Charak Samhita 2 Sushrut Samhita 3 Vagbhat Samhita Panchamahabhoot Theory The five elements are earth (prithvi), water (jal), fire (Agni or tej), air (Vayu) and ether or space (akash) are collectively termed as Panchmahabhuta. Accordind to Ayurveda every matter in these universe i.e all living and non-living things in the universe contains all of these five elements. Depending on the predominance of the content, the matter is classified as Parthiva, Apya, Taijasa, Vayaviya and Akashiya. The costituation of people is divided in to Vata (ether/air), Pitta (fire) and Kapha (water/earth). And these three doshas are responsible for all the function and structure of the body .