IMPORTANCE OF NIDRA IN HUMAN LIFE: A REVIEW

Vd. Sharmili Shamrao Patil and Dr. Yeshwant R. Patil

ABSTRACT

Ayurveda has described trayopsthambha (three main milestones) Ahar, Nidra and Bramhacharya. Nidra plays very important role in human life. It plays important role to give happiness or sadness, strength or weakness, knowledge or ignorance, life or death. So, Nidra is very crucial factor in day-today life. Lack of sleep or improper sleep can cause serios disease condition, which will hamper the physical and mental health as well. Proper sleep can cure half of a disease. Like proper diet and regular exercise proper sleep as well as awakening are responsible factors for good physical and mental health.

Keywords: Nidra, Trayopstambha, Sleep, awakening, health, disease etc.