A Complete Guide to Vata, Pitta, and Kapha More than five thousand years ago, the sages of India developed a profound system of health and healing known as Ayurveda. The word Ayurveda comes from two Sanskrit terms: Āyus (life) and Veda (knowledge). It is therefore often translated as the knowledge or science of life. Ayurveda does not look at health merely as the absence of disease. In Ayurveda, the concept of Ayurvedic Doshas  forms the foundation of understanding health and