ABSTRACT

Introduction: In digitization era, students more adapted to the digital world and routinely use digital playback devices in their lives for entertainment and communication. Faculties too seeing students gazing at their various media devices than reading text books. The reason might be that traditional textbooks did not meet the needs of the digital generation. Ashtanga Hridaya, an authentic Ayurveda treatise also called as essence of eight branches of Ayurveda. It consists of six sections and 120 chapters. Sloka is the poetic form used in the Ayurvedic texts. Teaching and learning of Ayurveda should be integrative in nature involving ancient as well as modern technologies without affecting the fundamental learning principles, which helps in the propagation of knowledge of Ayurveda. So, it is necessary to think about innovative ways to encourage students to access reading efficiently. Methodology: The present study, aims to utilize audio Sloka of Ashtanga Hridaya, Uttarasthana with Sutra explanation including Anvaya, Sandhi, Samasa and Tantrayukti for easy memorizing and utilization of the knowledge in Ayurveda, which will be beneficial to the Ayurveda community. A survey study was conducted to assess the comparison between Samhita based learning and audio software application. Results: The students who listen to the audio Sloka and studied explanation from the APP perform better that those who read Sloka from the Samhita. Conclusion: Students opine that hearing of Slokas help a lot than reading alone. This study proves that reading Samhita alone is somewhat difficult to understand and memorize Sloka. But the audio software application helps the student to recollect the Sloka quickly along with correct pronunciation of words, understanding Anvaya, Sandhi Cheda, Samasa and application of Tantrayukti. Keywords: Ashtanga Hridaya, Uttarasthana, Sandhi, Samasa, Tantrayukti
Publication date: 01/01/2025

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2025/14.1.8575