The second year students as a class, accompanied by Dr. Deepak Raja, Asst. Proffesor, dept. of Kriya Sharira, SJSACH, attended the Tatwaprakashini programme conducted at Arya Vaidya Pharmacy campus at Patanjalipuri from 30th September 2017 to 13th October 2017. It was an intensive residential academic programme, wherein the members followed a strict schedule as per dinacharya (Ayurvedic regimen). The students had to get up by 4 AM to the whistle sound and attend a homam conducted at 5 AM everyday at the campus. The homam was followed by a satsang with Krishnakumar Ji – the managing dierector of AVP. The main sessions were based on the topics of Moolasidhanta which were Padarthavijnana and AshtangahrudayaSutrastanam. Each day was alloted to 1 or 2 chapters of the text where the speakers explained the topics briefly and also shared the clinical utility of the chapter. The main session concludes by an open question-and-answer session everyday. The Samskritabharti also conducted a 6-day-programme with (each session for one hour and a half) on spoken sanskrit. The next week had an interesting dravyaguna field session by an expert Dr. Ajayann who took the batch to areas of the forest nearby to show the plants growing there. Every evening had a parayanam session of Ashtangahrudayasutrasthanam lead by senior participants of Tatwaprakasini. The evenings also had special sessions which dealt with topics other than Moolasidhanta like personality development, role of a Vaidya in the society, and life after BAMS. The session after dinner was for entertainment, wherein the participants would gather in the open air under the peepal tree for songs, games, debates and so on. On the whole, the seminar gave the students a lot of exposure to the field of ayurveda and also disciplined their life style to a great extent. All of them admitted that this was a seminar beyond expectations.
