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*Prakṛtis* are of seven types, three individual doṣic constitutions and three dual with combination of two *doṣas* and one with all *doṣas* in equal proportions. A detailed description of the qualities of individual constitutions is available in all major ancient classics of Indian Medicine. The *Doṣa Prakṛti* of an individual presents as the sum total of his physique, physiology and psychology and hence the *Acāryas* describe a comprehensive typology of human variation for determination of which an equally comprehensive technology is visualised.