Author(s): Dr. Wazir Singh

Abstract:
Psychologists have long been interested in the study of character. Personality research has flourished, so there is now a plethora of books and articles to peruse. Despite the pressure from the socio-ethnic dynamics of human race as in emerging global village context, a theory of personality that could treat predefined basic components of personality as invariants so that regardless of culture, race, and nativity may still be able to study personality has yet to be developed. Given the aforementioned evolving framework, Ayurveda, which may give a theoretical and empirical foundation of personality qualities and sorts, may play an important role. Anyone, regardless of colour, gender, or ethnicity, may benefit from these Ayurvedic principles. Adding to the Ayurvedic knowledge which has given us so much from time immemorial and confirming some of these personality-related problems from a psychological point of view is exciting for this reason. The Gunas of Sattva, Rajas, and Tamas have been somewhat conceptualised. Potentially useful in healthcare, business, education, and other sectors, it has the potential to be expanded into a more comprehensive image of an individual's character. In this paper, we make a theoretical attempt to achieve just that. To that end, this study just provides a theoretical framework for their possible empirical validity.

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