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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 4 - Sushruta’s concept of SSurgery

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15 (of 49)


External source: Shodhganga (Repository of Indian theses)


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lessons under the title 'Aksharalokam'. In this part he teaches simple
Sanskrit with the attractive heading of 'Lalitha samskṛtam'.
Pushpakadhvani
This community based periodical is published by Sri. Puspakaseva
sangam from Thiruvananthapuram in August 2008. This is a Malayalam
magazine. But this magazine also deals with Sanskrit lessons for self
learning purpose. T.R Paramesvaran a retired Sanskrit teacher handled
this lesson. In the first lesson he introduces swarakshara and
vyañjanākshara, then the relationship between these two. He uses the
Malayalam script.
Purnodaya
It is a Gandhidarśan publication. This publication started a column
for subhasitas from 2008 April. T.R Parameswaran was dealing this part.
In the August 2008 he introduced the subhashita.
kshāram jalam Vārimucahpibanti
tadeva kṛthvā madhuram vamanti |
santastatha durjjana durvacāmsi
peetva ca sūkthani samudgiranti II

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