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Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier (10 April 1869 – 30 January 1944) was an
In 1933, in recognition of his services to humanity, P. S. Varier was conferred the title of 'Vaidyaratna' by Viceroy and Governor General of British India. The
Arya Vaidya Sala Web Site
Write up on Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala
Ayurveda Medical College Web Site
* Documentary on Arya Vaidya Sala in Malayalam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPbz-etmMI {{DEFAULTSORT:Varier, Vaidyaratnam P. S. People from Malappuram district 1869 births 1944 deaths Ayurvedacharyas from Kerala 19th-century Indian medical doctors 20th-century Indian medical doctors
Ayurveda
Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...
practitioner from Kerala
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, India
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. He is well-regarded as the founder of Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala, a major Ayurvedic treatment centre in Kerala.
Life and career
Panniyinpally Sankunni Warrier was born in 1869 inKottakkal
Kottakkal (literally-''Land of the Fort'') is a municipality, municipal town in Malappuram District, Malappuram district in Kerala, southern India having 32 Ward (country subdivision), wards. it is a part of Malappuram metropolitan area and a gr ...
in erstwhile Malabar district
Malabar District, also known as Malayalam District, was an administrative district on the southwestern Malabar Coast of Bombay Presidency (1792-1800) and Madras Presidency (1800-1947) in British India, and independent India's Madras State (19 ...
in Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the ...
. His parents were Marayamangalam Rama Warrier and Panniyinpally Kunjukutti Warasiar. He was the eldest son of his parents.
Young Sankunni started his lessons in Ayurveda
Ayurveda () is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent. The theory and practice of Ayurveda is pseudoscientific. Ayurveda is heavily practiced in India and Nepal, where around 80% of the population repo ...
under the classical Gurukula
A or ( sa, गुरुकुल, gurukul) is a type of education system in ancient India with ('students' or 'disciples') living near or with the guru, in the same house. The guru-shishya tradition is a sacred one in Hinduism and possibly ap ...
system from Kuttanchery Vasudevan Mooss, a Brahmin who belonged to one of the eight families of Ayurvedic practitioner in Kerala, ''the ashtavaidyans'', in the year 1886 as a seventeen-year-old. He also acquired proficiency in the practice of Allopathy
Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, is an archaic term used to define science-based modern medicine. Citing: ''Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine'' (2008) and ''Mosby's Medical Dictionary'', 8th ed. (2009). There are regional variations in usage of th ...
.
In 1902, Warrier founded
Arya Vaidya Sala
Arya Vaidya Sala, popularly known as Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala, is a healthcare centre located in Kottakkal, in the Indian state of Kerala, known for its heritage and expertise in the Indian traditional medicine system of Ayurveda.
History
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for the manufacture and sale of ayurvedic medicines which later became synonymous with ayurvedic treatment in India. The Patasala established in 1917 has now become an Ayurveda College affiliated to Kerala University of Health Science (KUHS).
The Group now comprises:
* 5 hospitals with 20 branches
* 1200 authorized medicine dealerships
* 3 Medicine factories
* Ayurveda Medical College
* 200 acres of Herbal Garden
* Research & Development Centre and
* Publication Department
Warrier is credited with pioneering the practice of manufacturing ayurvedic medicines. He also wrote text books for students of Ayurveda. One of them, ''Ashtangasariram'', won a certificate in 1932 from the National Organisation of Physicians. He was an art connoisseur and founded a drama troupe which was developed to be the famous Kathakali troupe, ''P.S.V. Natyasangham''.
He died in 1944 at the age of 75. He was succeeded by his nephew P. Madhava Warrier, who continued until his death in an aeroplane crash in 1953. Later Arya Vaidya Sala is managed by his youngest nephew Dr. P. K. Warrier, who continued for 68 years until his death in 2021, aged 100.
Major awards and Recognitions
In 1933, in recognition of his services to humanity, P. S. Varier was conferred the title of 'Vaidyaratna' by Viceroy and Governor General of British India. The Government of India
The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, c ...
has issued a postage stamp in his honour bearing his image.
References
External links
*Arya Vaidya Sala Web Site
Write up on Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala
Ayurveda Medical College Web Site
* Documentary on Arya Vaidya Sala in Malayalam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPbz-etmMI {{DEFAULTSORT:Varier, Vaidyaratnam P. S. People from Malappuram district 1869 births 1944 deaths Ayurvedacharyas from Kerala 19th-century Indian medical doctors 20th-century Indian medical doctors