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'''Vaidyaratnam P. S. Warrier''' (10 April 1869 – 30 January 1944) was an [[Ayurveda]] practitioner from [[Kerala]], [[India]]. He is well-regarded as the founder of [[Arya Vaidya Sala|Kottakkal Arya Vaidyasala]], a major Ayurvedic treatment centre in Kerala.

==Life and career==
Panniyinpally Sankunni Warrier was born in 1869 in [[Kottakkal]] in erstwhile [[Malabar district]] in [[Madras Presidency]]. His parents were Marayamangalam Rama Warrier and Panniyinpally Kunjukutti Warasiar. He was the eldest son of his parents.

Young Sankunni started his lessons in [[Ayurveda]] under the classical [[Gurukula]] system from Kuttanchery Vasudevan Mooss, a Brahmin who belonged to one of the eight families of Ayurvedic practitioner in Kerala, ''the ashtavaidyans'', in the year 1886 as a seventeen-year-old.<ref name="exoticindiaart">{{cite web|url=http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/IDC162/ |title=A Life of Healing (A Biography of Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier) |access-date=2015-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129234527/http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/IDC162/ |archive-date=29 January 2011 }}</ref> He also acquired proficiency in the practice of [[Allopathy]].<ref name="aryavaidyasala">{{cite web|url=http://www.aryavaidyasala.com/(S(uiytac45y0tizh45dbjufynb))/about_avs.aspx#rec|title=: ARYA VAIDYA SALA - Kottakkal :|author=mail at aryavaidyasala dot com|publisher=aryavaidyasala.com|access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref>

In 1902, Warrier founded
[[Arya Vaidya Sala]] for the manufacture and sale of ayurvedic medicines which later became synonymous with ayurvedic treatment in India. The Patasala established in 1917 has now become an Ayurveda College affiliated to Kerala University of Health Science (KUHS).

The Group now comprises:<ref name="kottakkalayurvediccentre">{{cite web|url=http://www.kottakkalayurvediccentre.com/Kottakkal.html|title=KOTTAKKAL AYURVEDIC CENTRE: Kottakkal Ayurvedic Center bahrain,Oman,Muscat | ayurveda bahrain,Oman,Muscat| ayurvedic bahrain,Oman,Muscat | ayurvedic treatment bahrain,Oman,Muscat | panchakarma Bahrain,Oman,Muscat | Uzhichil Bahrain,Oman,Muscat|publisher=kottakkalayurvediccentre.com|access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref>
* 5 hospitals with 20 branches
* 1200 authorized medicine dealerships
* 3 Medicine factories
* Ayurveda Medical College
* 200 acres of Herbal Garden
* Research & Development Centre and
* Publication Department

Warrier is credited with pioneering the practice of manufacturing ayurvedic medicines.<ref name="google">{{cite book|title=The Kathakali Complex: Performance & Structure|author=Zarrilly, P.|date=1984|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=9788170171874|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjwYysH2ZQIC|pages=3–276|access-date=2015-03-22}}</ref> He also wrote text books for students of Ayurveda. One of them, ''Ashtangasariram'', won a certificate in 1932 from the National Organisation of Physicians. He was an art connoisseur and founded a drama troupe which was developed to be the famous Kathakali troupe, ''P.S.V. Natyasangham''.{{fact|date=August 2019}}

He died in 1944 at the age of 75.{{fact|date=August 2019}} He was succeeded by his nephew P. Madhava Warrier, who continued until his death in an aeroplane crash in 1953. Later Arya Vaidya Sala is managed by his youngest nephew Dr. [[P. K. Warrier]], who continued for 68 years until his death in 2021, aged 100.

==Major awards and Recognitions==
[[File:Stamp of India - 2002 - Colnect 158266 - Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal.jpeg|thumb|Stamp of India - 2002 - Arya Vaidya Sala Kottakkal and its founder P. S. Warrier.]]
In 1933, in recognition of his services to humanity, P. S. Varier was conferred the title of 'Vaidyaratna' by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor General of India.<ref name="aryavaidyasala"/> The [[Government of India]] has issued a postage stamp in his honour bearing his image.

== References ==
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==External links==
*{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129234527/http://www.exoticindiaart.com/book/details/IDC162/ |date=29 January 2011 |title=A Life of Healing (A Biography of Vaidyaratnam P.S. Varier) }}
* [http://www.aryavaidyasala.com/ Arya Vaidya Sala Web Site]
* [http://brandkerala.biz/detail/index.php?catid=12 Write up on Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala]
* [http://www.kottakkalayurvedacollege.ac.in/ Ayurveda Medical College Web Site]
* Documentary on Arya Vaidya Sala in Malayalam - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuPbz-etmMI

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