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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of the sanskritization taking place. The introduction of new concepts and
terms into Malayalam is done with the help of Sanskrit. Some interesting
examples of such words printed in newspapers and leaned by the readers.
informally are given below.
These words are collected from the various Malayalam Dailies.
published in September and November 2009. Random selection is made
from Malayala Manorama, Mathrubhumi, Desabhimani, and Janmabhumi.
The new words are introduced in the reporting of news especially
in the areas of science, literature, economics, politics, administration and
religion etc.. And in most of the cases the new words are exactly the
Sanskrit translation of English terms. Some words are borrowed from
traditional Sanskrit vocabulary. Some Sanskrit words used in the
Malayalam reporting of news in science, literature, economics and politics
are listed below. Most of them are compounds.
Science
1. Rājyāntarajyotiśśastravarṣam
2. Nakṣatravanapaddhati
3. Kaṇikāparikṣaṇan
4. Śitikaraṇasamvidhānam
5. Atyādhunikavidūrasamvedanopagraham
6. Vārtāvinimayayopagraham
