{"product_id":"a-life-of-healing","title":"A Life of Healing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Gita Krishnakutty\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\/Viking\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2001\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 263\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0670049158\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Life of Healing: A Biography of Vaidyaratnam P S Varier reconstructs the history of this extraordinary man and the institutions he established and nurtured.  It shows how an ordinary student succeeded in improving, modernizing and popularizing Ayurveda.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eP S Varier founded the Arya Vaidya Sala in 1902 one of the first centers that sole readymade Ayurvedic medicines.  Fifteen years later, he established the Arya Vaidya Patasala, one of the first educational institutions that taught Ayurveda.  Today, the Patasala has become an Ayurvedic College and the Arya Vaidya Sala has evolved into a national institution, with branches all over India.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A Live of Healing: A Biography of Vaidyaratnam’ P S  Varier reconstructs the history of this extraordinary man and the institutions he established and nurtured.  It shows how an ordinary student, spurred on by curiosity and determination to explore avenues of knowledge, succeeded in improving, modernizing and popularizing Ayurveda at a time when allopathic medicines were making inroads into the Indian market.  Written in a style that brings the very rooms of the Arya Vaidya Sala to life, the book is a tribute to the man who was equally skilled in writing Ayurvedic textbooks, songs in praise of God and plays for his drama troupe to perform.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExploring the different sides of the man, the book shows how nothing was too difficult or tool trivial for P S Varier to try: new ways of processing a medicine, different methods of instruction for students, courses of study that sought to combine various traditions, textbooks that integrated the old and the new, variations in style of architecture, innovative ways to stage a play or novel trends in music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Beginning\u003cbr\u003eBirth and Childhood\u003cbr\u003eThe Life of a Student\u003cbr\u003eThe Restless Years\u003cbr\u003eThe Long Period of Waiting\u003cbr\u003eThe Arya Vaidya Sala\u003cbr\u003eThe ‘Dhanvanthari’ Magazine\u003cbr\u003eThe Parama Shiva Vilasam Nataka Company\u003cbr\u003eWidening Horizons\u003cbr\u003eThe Arya Vaidya Samajam\u003cbr\u003eThe Patasala\u003cbr\u003eThe Revolt of 1921\u003cbr\u003eThe Arya Vaidya Sala Silver Jubilee\u003cbr\u003eKailasmandiram Takes Shape\u003cbr\u003eThe Sixtieth Birthday\u003cbr\u003eThe Temple for Vishvambharan\u003cbr\u003eA Renaissance Personality\u003cbr\u003eThe P S V Natya Sangham\u003cbr\u003eThe Will\u003cbr\u003eTurning Seventy\u003cbr\u003eAt Rest\u003cbr\u003eKottakkal Today\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Gita Krishnakutty \/ Penguin\/Viking \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153705922928,"sku":"8668","price":32.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8668.jpg?v=1793912936","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/a-life-of-healing","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}