How many types of dosa are there ?

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Bodies are classified by types, according to which doshas are dominant in the person. Prakruti is your genetic constitution,i.e. the balance of your doshas at birth. Vikruti is the balance of the doshas in your body, right now. If the vikruti=prakruti, there is balance. Balance is required for the best health.
Most people are dual dosha, in other words they have a dominant dosha, and a secondary dosha. However, everyone has all 3 doshas in your body.

The general body types are:

pitta-vata and vata-pitta, pitta-kapha and kapha-pitta, vata-kapha and kapha-vata,

"pure" vata, pitta, kapha where in their constitution vata=pitta=kapha (very rare, and these people are usually very healthy)

I hope this will help to understand the body and mind types according to the Ayurveda.

 

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Three Doshas, literally meaning 'fault'. They are :
Vata.
Pitta.
Kapha.

These are a combination of five elements of nature Earth, Water, Fire, Esther and Air. The three doshas are energies, which regulate the life of all living being. The doshas determine and affect the biological, physiological and physio-pathological functions of the body, mind and consciousness. The composition of doshas varies from one individual to another.

An excess deficiency of Vata, Pitta or Kapha causes an imbalance and is believed to be the root cause of ailments, physical or mental in nature.