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The idea to compile the Ayurveda Encyclopaedia is that every stakeholder of Ayurveda should be well aware about the origin, definition and correlation of standardized Ayurvedic terminology. In this era of globalisation of Ayurveda, the scientific explanation and validation of Ayurveda and its principles is utmost important. As you know, that terminology is the fundamental base of any science; in fact, it is the soul of scripture. If exact meaning of a word or term is not known, it is futile to read a scripture. The basic terminology of Ayurveda is mentioned in Sanskrit and it is vividly elaborated by commentators; hence, it is need of hour to compile comprehensive views of all of the commentators at a single place. To overcome the difficulty associated with the understanding of Ayurvedic terminology, the encyclopaedia has been published. It consists of Sanskrit definition of a word by commentators, Hindi explanation and an English equivalent of the word. On account of lack of such work in Ayurveda, the task had been started some years back and the herculean task is now complete. This work shall be a boon for teaching, learning and research in Ayurveda.