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 3 - Schools of Surgery in ancient India
10 (of 46)
External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)
Download the PDF file of the original publication
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
167
collected and published in the form of a text in Malayalam titled
Vedakiranangal by Dr. C.M Neelakandan and Paleri Narayanan Numputiri.
The purpose of these lessons were to introduce Vedas to the ordinary
people, who are without the knowledge of Sanskrit, through Malayalam
medium. Steps are also being taken to make the study of the Vedas more
comprehensive by including the study of Br膩hma峁嘺s, 膧ranyakas,
Upanisads, 艢rauta and Grhya s奴tras relating to Rgveda in the scheme of
9 studies. The Matham has published some books in Malayalam like
Vedadhvani and also published audio and vedio cassettes and CD. of
'Vedamantras', 'Sandhy膩vandanam' etc.
During the summer vacation they give a systematic short term
course in Tantra and other Kriyas meant mainly for the students outside
the Matham.
Recently the Bhrhmasvam Matham has begun to conduct
seminars, discussions and 'Satsangam' frequently for the inmates and the
public. It is very useful for the proper interaction of students and teachers
with the public and experts and also helps for the infiltration of the
knowledge in traditional Vedic culture into the public sphere with less
religiosity and more academic and critical interest.
S膩maveda- As noted before in the Brahmasvam Matham, the study of
S膩maveda was introduced 4 years back and Yajurveda has just been
