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鈥檚 concept of SSurgery
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passages. The book has three appendices: 艢abdar奴p膩vali, Dhadur奴p膩vali
and numerical expressions.
Sanskrit Self Study in Sanskrit medium
Some purely Sanskrit texts are also available in the fields of informal
education that enable the learners to study songs, stories, conversations
and acquire special skills in Sanskrit language. 艢i艣usamsk峁泃am,
Pa帽catantra kath膩,
厂补苍诲别艣补蝉补尘蝉办峁泃补尘,
Kausalab艒dhini and
Prabandham膩lik膩 etc are published by Viswasamsk峁泃a pratis峁環anam.
艢i艣usamsk峁泃am is a collection of Sanskrit songs for children.
Pa帽catantra kath膩 is another book which contain twenty six tales of
Pa帽cathantra narrated in simple Sanskrit. The objectives of these type of
books are to enable children and beginners to pronounce Sanskrit words
correctly and also to read and present the stories to the audience. It also
encourage students to learn by heart interesting verse and prose
passages.
The text sande艣asamsk峁泃am contains three types of communicative
method, writing of letters, invitations and greetings. The uses Sanskrit in
these areas are rare and those who wish to do so are benefited by this
book.
