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Nadi Pariksha is a classical Ayurvedic diagnostic method described in Yogaratnakara, Sharangdhara Samhita and Bhavaprakasha. It evaluates the physiological and pathological state of the body through tactile examination of the radial pulse. In modern medicine, arterial pulsation is explained through cardiac physiology and electrophysiology. Kriya Sharir explains pulsation through Vyan Vayu circulating Rasa from Hridaya to the entire body. An integrative approach is needed to decode the scientific basis of Nadi Pariksha to understand the physiology of pulsation underlying Nadi Pariksha by correlating Ayurvediya Kriya Sharir concepts with modern cardiac physiology and electrophysiology. Despite widespread clinical use, the physiological basis of Nadi Pariksha remains poorly understood in modern terms. This paper aims to bridge the physiology of pulsation as perceived in Nadi Pariksha by correlating Ayurvedic concepts of Vyan Vayu, Rasa Samvahan and Hridaya Karma with modern cardio physiology, arterial pulse wave propagation and cardiac electrical activity.