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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艣奴dra boy and he started penance. But R膩ma killed him because he was a
艣奴诲谤补.
The student normally developed a sense of love respect and
worship towards the teacher, and his family inside and outside the
hermitage. Female students were taken as daughters by the Gurus. So
Arjuna in Mah膩bh膩ratha refused to marry Uttara who was his student in
fine arts at the Royal court of Virata. At the same time teacher-student
relationship was so deep that the teacher did not hesitate to give his
daughter in marriage to their pupils. Gautama gave his daughter to his
pupil Utanka. Glory of the student was taken as his own glory by the
teacher. The preceptors were considered as spiritual father of the pupil.
Pupils used to lead a very disciplined life in the hermitage. They were
always ready to perform any job assigned to them by the preceptor.
Guru also used to look after them.
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Gurudak峁峁嘺 was one of the important duties on the part of the
student in Mah膩bh膩rata. 'Dak峁峁嘺 paritosham vai guru峁嚹乵 sadbhirucyate.
Varatantu the preceptor of Kautsa demanded fourteen crores of gold from
Kautsa as Gurudak峁峁嘺. Varatantu got this much amount from the great
king Raghu and fulfilled the desire of his Guru. Ac膩rya Dro峁嘺 asked his
disciples to defeat the king Drupada and submit his kingdom as 膧c膩rya
vetanam. Dro峁嘺 wanted the thump of Ekalavya as Gurudak峁峁嘺. 膧艣rama
