Dravyaguṇa Explorer

Every dravya's full profile — and what really separates two of them.

TIME: 5–10 minutes per monograph
BEST FOR: BAMS Second Year, BAMS Third Year, AIAPGET Aspirant
SOURCES: The classical texts, cited passage by passage

Materia-medica lookup: rasa–guṇa–vīrya–vipāka–prabhāva profiles for any dravya, with side-by-side comparison.

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01A session

Watch it work.

1
Name a dravya or formulation; the explorer assembles its structured monograph.
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The profile covers paryāya and gaṇa, rasa, guṇa, vīrya, vipāka, prabhāva, doṣa-karma, karma, indications, part used, substitutes and adulterants — each property cited; a yoga gets its ingredients and kalpanā.
3
List up to four to compare in one aligned table, with the rows where they differ marked and the distinguishing property called out.

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Harītakī vs Āmalakī

	Harītakī	Āmalakī
Rasa	Pañcarasa, lavaṇa-varjita · kaṣāya-pradhāna	Pañcarasa, lavaṇa-varjita · amla-pradhāna
Guṇa	Laghu, rūkṣa	Guru, rūkṣa, śīta
Vīrya	Uṣṇa	Śīta
Vipāka	Madhura	Madhura
Doṣa-karma	Tridoṣahara, esp. Vāta	Tridoṣahara, esp. Pitta

Same vipāka, opposite vīrya — the one line examiners reward.

02What sets it apart

The complete profile

Rasa, guṇa, vīrya, vipāka, prabhāva, doṣa-karma, karma, parts used, paryāya and gaṇa.

Side-by-side comparison

Compare up to four dravyas in one table, with the differences highlighted.

Formulations too

For a yoga: its ingredients, kalpanā and combined action.

Substitutes & identification

Common adulterants, substitutes and how to tell them apart — plus śodhana notes where relevant.

You bring

01A dravya or formulation name
02Optionally, a second dravya to compare against

You get

01A cited monograph across the classical pharmacological categories
02An aligned comparison table of up to four, with the key discriminator called out
03The classical source line for each stated property

03The standard

“Properties are grounded in the classical library — saṃhitā passages and the nighaṇṭu tradition — cited per property; nothing is asserted that the corpus or established doctrine cannot support.”

Good to know

Academic reference only — never a prescription, a dose, or treatment advice; therapeutic use of any dravya belongs with a qualified vaidya. Where nighaṇṭus attest a property differently, the disagreement is noted and deserves faculty review.

Questions about Dravyaguṇa.

Does it give doses?

No — this is academic materia medica for study, never a prescription.

What if sources disagree?

Where texts differ on vīrya or vipāka, the profile says so and names each source.

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