Blood Groups and Triguna Personality (Sāttvic, Rājasic, and Tāmasic) Characteristics: Therapeutic and Diagnostic Implications

Pages: 559-563
Manish Kumar Singh and Uma Gupta (Department of Siddhant Darshan, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh)

The objective was co compare the Triguna personality scores in terms of Sāttvic, Rājasic and Tāmasic personality characteristics across blood groups. The Vedic Personality Inventory (VPI) was used to determine Sāttvic, Rājasic and Tāmasic personality scores. The VPI was administered on 200 postgraduate students individually. The blood testing of each student was done to determine the blood group as well as the Rh positive and Rh negative factor in the blood. The present study was done on participants who had an Rh positive factor in the blood. The participants were classified into four blood groups: O+ (n = 60), A+ (n = 56), B+ (n = 30) and AB+ (n = 25). The findings of the study were: (1) the main-effect of the blood groups was statistically significant for Sāttvic and Rājasic personality characteristics; (2) the persons having AB+ blood group had the largest Sāttvic mean score compared to those of other blood groups and were labelled as Sāttvic type, only one mean difference, AB+ vs B+, was statistically nonsignificant and the remaining five mean differences were statistically significant; (3) the persons having O+ blood group had the largest Rājasic mean score compared to those of other blood groups and were labelled as Rājasic type, only one mean difference, A+ vs B+, was not statistically significant and the remaining five mean differences were statistically significant. Therapeutic and diagnostic implications of the findings were discussed and the need for further research for appropriate behavioral therapeutic treatment and clinical diagnosis of the patient was emphasized.