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
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Parameswaran Namputiri, and Parappuram Raman Numputiri were
teachers in the matham.
7 When the students begin Vedic education they start the learning of
Sanskrit also. First of all they give importance to oral method because the
right pronunciation is very important in Sanskrit, especially in the chanting;
艢rava峁嘺, Manana, and Nidhidyasana are very important in the learning of
Vedas. Memorising and concentration are essential in the oral method. At
the beginning they teach the students Siddhar奴pa, Srir膩modanta, some
cantos from 艢rik峁涐梗峁嘺vil膩sak膩vyam, Raghuvam艣am, Kum膩rasambhavam,
N膩r膩ya峁噄yam and some parts of Amarako艣a and A峁ａ弓膩dhy膩yi. All these
are through the oral method. Preference is given to anvaya, anvay膩rtha,
and s膩r膩rtha of the verses studied. The famous previous Sanskrit teachers
of this institution were Puradam Haridathan Namputiri, K.N.M Divakaran
Namputiri and Killimangalath Krishnan Namputiripad. Now Edamana
Vasudevan Namputiri is the teacher of Sanskrit. He studied Sanskrit
informally and privately from Prof. Ramakrishnan who was retired
professor from Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur.
8 About 40 years back Brahmasvam Matham started a correspondence
course for Rgveda namely 'International Correspondence Course in
Rgveda'. Unfortunately after 2 or 3 years this course was stopped. Only
sixty lessons were distributed to students. In 1995 these lessons were
