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Ayurveda is science which focuses more on prevention of diseases in a healthy individual and later curing of disease in diseased one. In order to prevent any disease, it's very important to know the causative factor (Nidana) of the diseases. Dysmenorrhea being one among the gynecological problems faced by women of reproductive age, prevalence of it varies between 16% - 91% with severe pain in 2% - 29% of women. In ayurveda, dysmenorrhea can be correlated to Udavarthini Yonivyapath. Taking this into consideration, the present study has been entitled "A Pilot Study to Understand Etiology of Udavarthini Yonivyapath (Dysmennorhea)" has been carry out to establish the relation between etiology and menstrual pain, menstrual flow. The etiological factors assessed were mithyachara, beeja dushti and vega dharana. For the present observational study, 50 patients were selected from our institution irrespective of Religion, Occupation and marital status with sign and symptoms of Udavarthini Yonivyapath. The observations obtained are analyzed statically using Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. The results showed that relation between etiology and menstrual flow, pain in Udavarthini Yonivyapath is not statistical significance.