A LITERARY REVIEW OF TWAKA SHARIR

Ayurveda is an ancient medical science which has given the concept of panchagyanendriya among them twagindriya or sparshanendriya is the most important. The sparshanendriya is the sense organ which is meant for the sense of touch. It covers and protects the surface of the body from the heat, cold and external infections etc. human skin is a biological marvel. It is the protective covering of the body. AcharyaSushruta makes the knowledge of ayurveda more practical and useful. His great contribution to ayurvedicsharir include description and classification of various body structures like sira, dhamni, snayu, asthi, twaka etc.