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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A book written for teaching various skills in Sanskrit language
namely Kausalabodhini is written by H.R Viswas and published by
Samskrtabh膩rati, New Delhi. It continues the explanations and directions
for developing the learning, speaking, reading and writing skills in Sanskrit.
This text is intended as a hand book for those working in the field of
spoken language teaching school teachers who wish to develop their
students skill and others who want acquire knowledge in Sanskrit
language using the modern methods. In the introduction the writer
observes that a child learns language by imitating the sounds uttered by
other people and gradually the child understands the meaning of sounds
and words, utters small sentences, understands to read the letters and
later learns the art of writing. Therefore these basic skills of speaking,
reading and writing of language may be given importance in Sanskrit
education. For the development of skills in the speech he suggests the
following tools-conversation, story telling, performance of dramas and
various plays with language like completing the story, quiz program etc.
similar technique are given in the mattes of other skills also.
Prabandham膩lika, as the name indicates is a collection of short essays
written in simple Sanskrit on various topics. About twenty nine essays are
given and also an appendix containing Subhashitas related to various
subjects. Among the essays the life-history of the king Swatitirunal,
