Research Article
Ayurveda: Between Religion, Spirituality, and Medicine
Table 3
Factor analysis of participants’ characterization of Ayurveda.
| Variables | Factors | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Ayurveda = spirituality? | 0.8 | | | | Ayurveda = philosophical system? | 0.8 | | | | Ayurveda = way of life? | 0.7 | | | | Ayurveda = religion? | | 0.8 | | | Ayurveda = religious doctrine? | | 0.7 | | | Ayurveda = esoterism? | | 0.7 | | | Ayurveda = medical system? | | | 0.8 | | Ayurveda = science? | | | 0.6 | | Ayurveda = philosophy of life? | | | 0.6 | | Ayurveda = complement to modern medicine? | | | | 0.8 | Ayurveda = closed medical system, which does not require a combination with western medicine? | | | | −0.7 | Ayurveda = scientific in a modern western sense? | | | | 0.5 |
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(Values are omitted, if −0.5 < < 0.5).
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