Vata
noun
in Ayurvedic medicine, one of the three humors or doshas that determine a person’s temperament – made up or air or ether and active in bodily movements
Examples
The vata dosha possesses all the properties of air, such as force, vacuum, dryness, coldness, lightness, wind, and dehydration.
Word Origin
Sanskrit “wind”
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