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 5 - Surgical instruments in Sushruta Samhita
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Many Ayurveda students visit his Ayurvedic clinic which is full of
patience. These students are coming there with various purposes.
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Some watch the methods of his treatment and want to learn more.
about the simple medicines he prescribed and the changes in life
style he advocates for the cure of the alignment.
Some others want to learn Sanskrit from him and clear doubts
about the passages in A峁ａ弓angahridaya and Carakasamhit膩 or the
other similar Ayurvedic texts. They are motivated by the feeling that
the education they had received from the Ayurveda colleges is
limited and there is much to learn from the traditional sources,
which is not available through the formal education. Students from
Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur visit Raghavan Thirumulpad and
some of them study at his house for several days. During the time
of leisure Thirumulpad teaches them A峁ａ弓膩ngasamgraha. He recites
the verses from his memory and explain the verses, word by word
in Malayalam, always elaborating on the meanings which are
relevant in the treatment in our modern times. As a result of this
free and informal teaching and training the students are more and
more attached to the Ayurvedic principles of treatment, which they
begin to realize as a far better medicine than the modern medicine
introduced from the west which has many harmful side effects.
