A test of the mind, from Ayurveda
Guna
One PhD on the Ayurvedic mind, as a test anyone can take.
Free test · 40 questions · about 7 minutes
Dr. Prasad Akolkar has been a dear friend for ten years. For most of that time we talked about how his PhD on the Ayurvedic mind could become something people actually use. This year we built it. Guna is built on his PhD research, as a test anyone can take. It belongs to Anantayu, and I built it with him.
His thesis, Mānasa Vijñāna: Ayurvedic concept of mind and its science (Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai, 2019), reads Vagbhata, Charaka and Sushruta in the original Sanskrit. They describe every mind as three strands, called gunas: sattva, rajas and tamas. Guna calls them clarity, drive and steadiness. They also describe sixteen kinds of mind.
What you get
The free test is 40 everyday questions and takes about seven minutes. It shows how your three strands are woven, your strengths and blind spots in brief, and three ideas to start with.
The full report costs ₹999. You answer 80 questions and it places you among the sixteen minds. It covers your work and relationships, a week of meals, a daily rhythm and 21 small daily steps. Rules from the thesis decide your result, and the final report is generated with AI.
Care built in
A short well-being check after the test is never scored or stored, and an “Often” answer brings up support. Every result says that it is not a diagnosis, and the site lists helplines such as Tele-MANAS.
It launches on Dhanvantari Jayanti, the day of the physician of the gods.