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Prakriti / Body Type

We have seen briefly the major characteristics of different constitution in human beings. The following questionnaire gives the predominant features of three major types - Vata, Pitta, Kapha. If one has equal points for two of the doshas, then one has that mixed variety of constitution; some may even have a triple presence of doshas, the Samaprakriti.:- 

Body	1. Thin and underdeveloped. 2. Oily and emaciated. 3. Narrow chest. 4. Sluggish & numb feeling over limbs	1. Thin and delicately shaped 2. Dry 3. Barrel shaped chest. 4. Active & warm feeling over limbs	1. Thick and well formed. 2. Greasy & glossy 3 Square & well formed chest 4. Steady limbs
Skin Texture & Structure	1. Dry, cracked and cold 2. Grey or black. 3. Thick Wrinkled.	1. Dry & warm. 2. Fair or yellowish pigmented. 3. Thick Wrinkled.	1. Smooth, moist, oily, cold. 2. Fair golden yellow, bluish or greenish. 3. Un wrinkled.
Head	Unsteady.	Unsteady.	Steady.
Character of Hairs	1. Thin & semi-bald. 2. Dry & rough. 3. Dusky.	1. Thin & bald. 2. Rough. 3. Brownish	1. Thick & firm. 2. Oily. 3. Black.
FOREHEAD	Narrow	Medium	Broad
NAILS	Thin, dry, brittle irregularly oblong	Thin, smooth, pinkish streaks of pigmentation & regularly oblong	Thick, smooth, shining regular, blunt & square
EYES	1. Blackish unfocussed 2. Habit of raising eye lids	1. Reddish, brown eye 2. Sharp eyesight.,	1. Milky white edges, reddish 2. Calm gentle look
FACE	Sharp features masked appearance	Sharp features warm look.	Thick features &calm
LIPS	Blackish, cracking, Shapeless	Reddish smooth thin soft	Smooth, glossy, Proportionate
TEETH & GUMS	Irregularly broken, very smaller very big	Medium size bleeding spongy gums	Shiny white straight smooth, pinkish gums
DIET& DIGESTION	1. Irregular diet habits 2. Light , warm sweet, sour drinks slow-poor digestion 3. Constipated bowels 4. Hard scybalous stools	1. Irregular eating habits 2. Astringent food & drinks 3. Loose bowels 4. Quick digestion	1. Regular diet habits 2. Hot, bitter sour astringent foods and drinks. 3. Ordinary bowels 4. Ordinary digestion
SLEEP & DREAMS	Poor	Disturbed sleep, bright & lustrous objects sighted.	Sound sleep, water abodes water birds & flora sighted
VOICE & SPEECH	Stammering, husky.	Talkative, harsh, high pitched	Sweet, pleasant tone
BEHAVIORAL PATTERN	Jealous, timid, ungrateful starts any work rapidly, less amount of wealth and friends.	Medium, strong short tempered, good at decision making, egoistic	Grateful, sharp memory amount of wealth and, friends are stable, starts work slowly & steadily.