A bstract Āyurveda , one of the ancient Indian sciences, is indeed crafted uniquely, keeping its beauty in its intricate composition, wherein the seers wove the phrases with precision, encapsulating the profound meaning and principles within a concise, yet powerful grammatical structure. Over the years, various authors have made a genuine attempt at coding and recoding the texts using different tools. One among them is Tācchilya , contributed by Ācārya Arunadatta , wherein he conveyed it to be one of the Tantraguna (stylistic cues), which is useful in getting deeper and wider knowledge of the text. These Tācchilya are 17 in number and are the tools that mainly focus on unraveling the implicit message within the textual words. Here, idioms are given prime importance. These 17 Tācchilya are framed based on the basic elements, that is, Dharma , Guṇa , Karma , Sthāna , Śīlaṃ , and Bhūyastva that convey the direct essence or, in comparison with other terminologies. Application of Tācchilya is clearly evident throughout the text, since the time of Gurukul teaching, wherein the concepts of mirroring the Guru , oral transfer of knowledge, and imbibing the practical rituals in self, all denote the Tācchilya in practice. This tool can also be implemented in the present Āyurveda pedagogy to understand the concept of paralleling ( Sādṛśya ) or untold, like in the context of simulation, Ayur SIM, game-based learning, PowerPoint Presentation, and video-based learning. Thus, this methodology plays a significant role in teaching, learning, and clinical applications, highlighting its role in recoding and decoding Āyurveda text.
Amrutha et al. (Tue,) studied this question.