📜 Siddhanta Kosha: An Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Principles

This repository contains the Siddhanta Kosha, a curated, open-source JSON dataset of 162 core foundational principles of Ayurveda.

This project is designed to be a foundational tool for BAMS students, researchers, clinicians, and developers who are building digital tools for Ayurveda. The data has been compiled and verified from authoritative Ayurvedic texts, including the Charaka Samhita, Sushruta Samhita, and Ashtanga Hridaya.

This dataset is the underlying data for the interactive Siddhanta Kosha on Amidha Ayurveda.

🌟 Key Features

This dataset provides a comprehensive, structured entry for each of the 162 principles.
Each JSON object contains the following key fields:

• name: The name of the principle in Devanagari and IAST (e.g., Prakopa Karana (प्रकोप कारण))
• category: The branch of Ayurveda it belongs to (e.g., Roga Nidana)
• shloka: The original Sanskrit verse (shloka)
• shloka_ref: The classical reference for the verse
• explanation: A detailed explanation of the concept
• clinical_importance: The practical application and clinical relevance of the principle

💾 Data Structure Example

[
  {
    "name": "Prakopa Karana (प्रकोप कारण)",
    "category": "Roga Nidana",
    "shloka": "हेतु-लिङ्ग-औषध ज्ञानं स्वस्थातुरपरायणम्।",
    "shloka_ref": "(Charaka Samhita, Sutrasthana 1/24 - context)",
    "explanation": "Prakopa Karana are the factors that cause the aggravation or vitiation of the doshas, moving them from a state of accumulation (Sanchaya) to a state of overflow (Prakopa). These are specific dietary, lifestyle, or environmental factors that share the same qualities as a particular dosha. For example, consuming excessive dry, cold, and light food will cause Vata to aggravate.",
    "clinical_importance": "Identifying the specific Prakopa Karana is essential for understanding the immediate cause of a disease flare-up. Advising the patient to avoid these factors is a critical part of both treatment and prevention."
  }
]

🚀 How to Use

You can clone this repository or download the siddhanta-kosha.json file.
The file contains a single JSON array of 162 principle objects.
This data can be easily imported into any application, database (like MongoDB), or script (Python, JavaScript) for analysis, search, or to power a user interface.

Example:

fetch('siddhanta-kosha.json')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data[0].name));

📖 How to Cite

If you use this dataset in your research, software, or publication, please cite it:

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  DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17475352

• 🪷 Amidha Ayurveda Roga Nidana Kosha – A JSON dataset of 200+ Ayurvedic diseases
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👨‍💻 About the Author

Sparsh Varshney
Founder — Amidha Ayurveda

BAMS student passionate about digitizing Ayurvedic knowledge and making it accessible through structured, open-source datasets.

• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/sparshvarshney
• About Page: https://www.amidhaayurveda.com/p/about.html

📄 License

This dataset is made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
You are free to share and adapt this work for any purpose, even commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit.

🔗 Project: https://www.amidhaayurveda.com
📘 Repository: Siddhanta Kosha — An Encyclopedia of Ayurvedic Principles