Educational Resources
The following educational resources have been organized into
several subcategories.
A. Schools/Programs of Ayurveda Worldwide
B. Ayurvedic Schools in India
C. Issues in Ayurvedic Education
D. Ayurveda Educational Curriculum Documents
1. CCIM guidelines
2. Guidelines of various training models of Ayurvedic education
for foreign countries, Dept. of AYUSH, May 2009
3. WHO Benchmarks for Training in Ayurveda
4. AYUSH Report on Education, written by Shailaja Chandra, ex-Secretary of Dept of AYUSH
4. Lesson Plans, Scope of Practice, and competency assessment, for 500-hour course of training in Ayurveda, developed by the CAC
5. Scope of Practice developed by NAMA(USA), for five levels of
Ayurveda professions, under development
5. Guidelines for PG Training for Medical Practitioners by
REAA Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Ayurveda College, UK; and Ayurvedic Point,
Italy
6. Minimum standards for admission to VEAT/VSAMT
7.
Professional Association of European and Swiss Ayurvedic Practitioners and
Therapists
8. Guideline for Ayurvedic Wellness Practitioners by the
Chamber of Commerce of Austria
9. Student Handbook for MSc in Ayurvedic Medicine by REAA /
Middlesex University
10. Complementary Therapist in Switzerland, methods
identification "Ayurveda Therapy"
E. Journals of Ayurveda
1. J-AIM: Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine
www.jaim.in
2. IJAR - International Journal of Ayurvedic Research
www.ijaronline.com
3. TEJAS-Theoretical and
Experimental Journal of Ayurveda and Siddha
www.tejas.ayurvedajournals.org
4. JREIM - The Journal of Research and Education in Indian Medicine J Res Educ Indian
Med
Started in 1982, the Editor-in-Chief is Professor Emeritus RH Singh,
ABMS, PhD, DSc
Benaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
www.jreim.com
5. AYU-Research
Journal - Gujarat Ayurved
University
http://www.ayurveduniversity.com/peerjournal.php
http://www.ayujournal.org/
6. Light on Ayurveda: Journal of Health
www.loaj.com
based at the Center for Indic Studies,University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, USA
7.KAPL Vaidyam: A Journal on Evolving Ayurveda
www.keralaayurveda.biz/htmls/ayu_journal.html
8. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy
9. Yoga Therapy Today
10. Ayurvidya, the journal of the Tilak Ayurved MahavidyaLaya
11. AYUSH Tomorrow, a journal of integrative ayurveda
12. Deerghayu International
http://www.ayurvedaacademy.co.in/deerghayu_international
13. IJTK-Indian
Journal of Traditional Knowledge
http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/43
14. Ancient
Science of Life
Published by the Arya Vaidya harmacy, this journal has issues online from their collections 1981-2010.
http://www.ayurvedajournals.org/scienceoflife/asl/index.php
15. Journal of
Clinical Rheumatology in Ayurvedahttp://www.ayurvedarheumatology.org
16. International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy
http://ijrap.net
17. Global Ayurveda
18. Ayurveda Bharati a Multilingual Quarterly
Journal of Ayurveda & Indian
Culture
http://www.medindia.net/doctors/journals/indian/indian_journals.asp
19. Rasamruta
A journal based in Pune, run by Rasayani
http://www.rasayu.com/e-journal/rasamarut_ejournal.html
20. AAMRA-Allied Ayurvedic Medical Research
Abstracts
http://www.indianmedicine.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/root/R/96187/
21. Ayurvedic
Renaissance
http://www.nagarjun.com/html/ayur_publication.htm
22. Journal of AYUSH : Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani,
Siddha and
Homeopathy
http://stmjournals.com/journals/AYUSH/Journal-of-AYUSH-Ayurveda-Yoga-Unani-Siddha-and-Homeopathy.html
23. Aryavaidyan
http://www.aryavaidyasala.com/%28S%28btyk2quma1sjl1qocrjcdgvm%29%29/subscription.aspx
"Aryavaidyan," the quarterly journal of Arya Vaidya Sala.
Kottakkal is a publication entirely devoted
to the cause of Ayurveda and allied subjects
for which Vaidyaratnam P S Varier, who founded
this institution had dedicated everything. Arya Vaidya Sala has been publishing
this journal since 1987.
24. Ayurvedaprabandhavali
http://aryavaidyasala.com
25. Journal of
Ayurveda
indianmedicine.nic.in/
A publication of the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, this is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal.
http://indianmedicine.nic.in/index4.asp?ssslid=350&subsubsublinkid=60&lang=1
26. Journal of Drug Research in Ayurveda and
Siddha
http://www.ccras.nic.in/Publications/20081016_JournalofDrugResearchinAyurvedaSiddha.htm
27. Journal of Research in Ayurveda and
Siddha
http://www.ccras.nic.in/Publications/20081016_JournalofResearchinAyurvedaSiddha.htm
28. Bullettin of Indian Institute of History
of
Medicine
http://www.ccras.nic.in/Publications/20081016_Periodicals_BulletinofIndianInstituteofHistoryofMedicine.htm
29. Journal of European Ayurvedic
Society
30. Journal of Homeopathy & Ayurvedic
Medicine
http://omicsgroup.org/journals/jhamhome.php
31.Ayurveda
http://www.ayurveda-journal.de/index.php
32. African Journal of Traditional,
Complementary and Alternative
Medicines
http://www.bioline.org.br/request?tc07036
33. Sanjeevani Medical
Times
34. Journal of NIMA
35. Dhanvantary
36. Swasthya
37. Vaidyakala
38. The Journal of Postgraduate
Medicine
http://www.jpgmonline.com/aboutus.asp
39. Electronic Journal of Indian
Medicine
http://bjournals.ub.rug.nl/ejim/index
40. Journal of Indian
medicine
F. Ayurveda Communities online
1. vaidyakam@yahoogroups.com
This is the listserv of Vaidya Thirumalpad, his son Dr. Murali and his family and gurukul of students.
2. dinacharya@googlegroups.com
3. ayupharm@
G. Learning basic info on ayurveda
Books
Kraftsow G. Yoga for Wellness. New York: Arkana, 1999.
Lad, Vasant. Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing. Lotus Press:
Santa Fe, 1984.
Lad Usha, Vasant Lad. Ayurvedic Cooking for Self-Healing. 2nd ed.
Albuquerque: The Ayurvedic Press, 1997.
Lad, Vasant. Secrets of the Pulse: The Ancient Art of Ayurvedic Pulse
Diagnosis. Albuquerque: The Ayurvedic Press, 1996.
Schatz, Mary P. Back Care Basics: A Doctor’s Gentle Yoga Program
for Back and Neck Pain Relief. Berkeley, CA: Rodmell Press, 1992.
Svoboda, Robert E. The Hidden Secret of Ayurveda. Pune, India,
1980; 2nd ed., Albuquerque: The Ayurvedic Press, 1996.
Svoboda, Robert E. Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity. London:
Penguin, 1992.
Svoboda, Robert E. Prakruti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution.
Albuquerque: Geocom Limited, 1989.
Websites
1. CCIM
2. RAV
3. www.ayurveda.com
Reference Books
1. Ayurvedic Pharmacopoeia of India
2. Sushrut Samhita
Bhishagratna, Kaviraj Kunjalal(ed. & translator).
Sushruta
Samhita 4e, 2 vols. Varanasi, India: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 1991.
3. Charak Samhita
Sharma, Priyavrat V (ed. and translator). Caraka Samhita.
4 vols. Varanasi, India: Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office, 1981-1994.
Sharma, Ram Karan, Vaidya Bhagwan Dash (eds. and translators). Caraka Samhita 3rd ed., 3 vols. Varanasi, India: Chowkhamba Sanskrit
Series Office, 1992.
4. Vaghbata
KR Srikantha Murthy (translator). Ashtanga Hridayam, 2 vols. Varanasi, India: Krishnadas Academy, 1991-1992.
5. Sharangadhara Samhita. A Treatise on Ayurveda.
KR Srikantha Murthy, (translator). Varanasi, India: Chaukhambha Orientalia, 1984.