An overview on Significance of Namarupavigyan...

An overview on Significance of Namarupavigyan (Nomenclature) according to Ayurveda and Modern sciences

Author Name : Dr. Ashwini Anantrao Kolse, Dr. Prachi Nandwate

ABSTRACT Namarupavigyana is a basic need of practitioners to identify the exact drug or plant, they should be very selective and accurate about the plant 'nama' and 'rupa'. In this universe every object has a specific name through which it is identified. Without this we can't introduce anything to anybody.The synonymous word in ayurveda for drug identification is "Nama-rupagyana" which includes name and features and properties and action of the drug.Nama and Rupa are linked with each other like word and its meaning in order to distinguish objects.In ancient and medieval times, there was no system of morphological description of plants as done now a days.