Valiathan, M.S. creator text Manipal Manipal University Press 2022 monographic 232p. In ancient India, learning spanned four quarters of one’s life. Learning was sought from the teacher, from one’s individual effort, from fellow students and in the last quarter, from the school of life itself. This book belongs to the third quarter for students of Ayurveda regardless of their background in medicine, science, or humanities. Apart from topics in the eight branches of Ayurveda, the book also deals with Āyurvedic Biology which seeks to study the concepts and procedures of Ayurveda with the tools of modern biology. Roots of Ayurveda Philosophical Ideas in Ayurveda 615.537 VAL 9789382460589 20261006133608.0