IJRAP International Journal of Research in Ayurveda and Pharmacy 2277-4343 Moksha Publishing House DOI: 10.7897/2277-4343.110238 ASTHI, YAKSHMA AND RAJAYAKSHMA: A REVIEW Pulak Kanti Kar * 11 -0001 96 98 Nowadays the word Rajayakshma has become synonymous to __ampersandsignlsquo;tuberculosis__ampersandsignrsquo;. But it is not always true. The disease produced by Mycobacterium tuberculosis is generally named using some suffix or prefix to tuberculosis e.g. pulmonary tuberculosis, tubercular arthritis, tubercular osteomyelitis etc; but these types of nomenclature of diseases in Ayurvedic system as asthigata rajayakshma, antragata rajayakshma, phusphusgata rajayakshma is not applicable. Hence a vide description is needed to clear about the terms yakshma, rajayakshma and sosha. Rajayakshma tuberculosis sosha