Essay name: Surgery in ancient India (Study)
Author:
P. P. Prathapan
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Sahitya
This essay studies Surgery in ancient India based on Sanskrit sources such as the Sushruta Samhita. These references indicate evidence of theoretical and practical knowledge of hygiene rivaling contemporary routine practices. Further topics include Ayurveda, a historical study of surgery, surgical schools and instruments used in ancient India.
Chapter 1 - Ayurveda and Sanskrit literature
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information from teachers, students and other people concerned. It is
designed to obtain precise information concerning the current status of a
phenomenon. The purpose of the present study is to investigate into the
informal education of Sanskrit in Kerala specially in the field of Ayurvedic.
So the researcher has done this work adopting methods like survey etc.
Survey includes the data regarding current condition which involve
classification interpretation and generalization which are directed towards
proper understanding and solution of significant educational problems. In
the words of G.J Mouly 'Survey is essentially cross sectional study of what
exist type" Field study methods are used in this study to collect,
describes and analyse data.
A descriptive study describes and interprets what is it is concerned
with conditions or relationships that exist opinions that are held, process
that are going on effects that are evident or trends that are developing. It
is primarily concerned with the present. The Historical aspects of Sanskrit
education described in this study are on the basis of authoritative texts
produced on this subject.
In the first chapter information are gathered mainly form books and
articles and commission reports. In the second chapter for the definitions
and agencies of informal education textual sources are mainly depended.
The information received from the fieldwork method one used in chapters
