Abstract

The nose is a part of the five senses present in the body, which are, the eyes, nose, tongue, ear, and skin. All these five sense organs are an important part of the body's anatomy and physiology as it helps in receiving the sensation of smell and helps the person in understanding the nature of smell and its meaning. These five senses are named “pancha-gyanendriya” in Ayurveda and state the same thing just in a bit different way, when stating the panchgyanendriya they state them as shabda, sparsha, roopa, rasa, gandha, now, in Ayurveda, it is stated as gyanendriya ad this panchaendriya is residing under/in the panchaendriya-adhishthana which are, Karna (ears), twak(skin), akshi(eyes), jivha(tongue), nasa(nose) respectively. There are some very interesting points mentioned in the text where Acharyas mention the anatomy and physiology of nasa in Ayurved, and all of these points are going to be discussed below. Nasa or nose is a very important part of pancha gyan endriya without which adequate knowledge is not possible to be gained by the person.

KEYWORDS: Nasa, shabda, sparsha, roopa, pancha-gyanendriya, Gandha