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 2 - The concept and practice of Surgery in ancient India
References from Sanskrit sources
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population, languages, customs, traditions etc. existed in this country.
They distributed the knowledge they had acquired wherever they went.
Pilgrims were often the great acquirers and mediators of informal
education.
Another group of people were forced to runaway from their native
place for the protection of their life from the political conquer or natural
calamities or climatic changes, and conducted long and toilsome journeys
and migrated to distant places.
In another cases some persons went to the distant places for
material benefits: for the purpose of trade or search for job. They also
covered hills, rivers, forests etc and mingled with the people of various
places. They influenced their language, culture and modes of life.
But some persons conducted these tours consciously for
educational purposes. P膩峁噄ni the greatest grammarian in Sanskrit
conducted many tour to study language. In these cases the aspirants
were never satisfied with the existing knowledge and searched for new
knowledge. They thought that their education is not complete or not
enough for them. The world was very wide and they had to go beyond the
limits of their own environment. For this purpose they traveled to many
places by taking many years. During the journey they got chances whole.
discussions with other scholars in different areas or mingled with eminent
