Body Types or Prakriti, Vata, Pitta, Kapha, Tridosha constitution, Prakriti Analysis in Ayurveda

Physical appearance of people according to Prakriti (Dosha Predominance)

S.No.	Physical Character	Vata	Pitta	Kapha
1	Body frame	Lean, Tall	Medium	Broad
2	Body Movements	Restless, Mobile	Moderate	Calm, Slow
3	Weight	Low	Moderate	Heavy
4	Eyes	Dull, Dry, Small	Sharp, Shining	Bright, Big
5	Nails	Brittle, Dry	Soft, Pink	Soft, White
6	Skin	Dry, Rough, Cool, Dull	Soft, Oily, Warm	Thick, Cool, Moist
7	Teeth	Protruding, Uneven	Yellowish, even	Strong, Even, White
8	Hair	Dark, Dry, thin	Soft, Oily	Dense, Moist, wavy
9	Thirst	Variable	Excessive	Minimal
10	Appetite	Variable	Good	Minimal
11	Urine	Frequent	Yellowish	Infrequent
12	Sleep	Disturbed	Sound	Deep, Excessive
13	Sex desire and Stamina	Variable, Low Stamina	Excessive, Moderate Stamina	Slow arousa, Sustained Good Stamina

Psychological/Mental characteristics of people with various Prakritis (Dosha dominance)

S.No.	Mental Character	Vata	Pitta	Kapha
1	Memory	Short term, Good Grasping, Quickly forgets	Good Understanding, Intelligent	Long term, Slow Grasping, Good Retention
2	Temperament	Nervous, Quickly Agitated	Determined, Loose	Calm, Slow
3	Dreams	Falling, flying	Fire, Violence	Romantic,Peaceful
4	Moods	Swinging	Agitated	Slow changes
5	Creativity	Creative	Logical, Technical	Entrepreneurial
6	Hobbies/ Interests	Travel, Art	Sports Politics	Serene
7	Finance Management	Poor, Lavish Spending	Moderate, Buys luxuries	Excellent, Planned expenditure
8	Mind	Restless, anxious	Aggressive, Clever	Calm, Slow

The Human Constitution – Body types or Prakriti Analysis in Ayurvedic Science

Another concept that is unique to Ayurveda is Prakriti (The Constitution). The physical, mental and personality characteristics of a person are known as “Prakriti” or Constitution of the person. The Prakriti is further classified into two types – physical and mental.

The Prakriti of a person is determined at the time of conception and depends upon the state of doshas at that time. The people are classified into Vata, Pitta and Kapha types. It is also common for a person to have traits of one or more doshas in his personality and that makes it twin dosha or tri dosha personalities.