A CRITICAL REVIEW ON THE PHYSIOLOGICAL IMPACT OF KALASHAYANA AND AKALASHAYANA

Ayurveda has unique parameters for the assessment of healthy anddiseased. Nidra plays a very crucial role in maintaining the body in healthy condition. Health of a person depends upon the optimum level of doshas and dhatus in the body while the harmonious working of all doshas and dhatus is dependent on the nature of sleep of an individual.Sleeping at proper time (kalashayana) helps to maintain the health by promoting equilibrium of dosha, dhatu while sleeping at improper time (akalashayana) leads to produce unhealthy condition in the body by creating disequilibrium of dosha, dhatu etc. So, a thorough physiological knowledge of kalashayana and akalashayana is very essential to keep the mind and body in healthy conditions and to avoid further diseases. Keywords: Nidra, kalashayana, akalashayana, dosha, dhatu etc.