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.
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centres of education. Sudras were rejected the right for study of vedas
and 艣膩stras. Gurudak峁峁嘺 was one of the important duty on the part of
the students. Military training was given great importance in the epic
period. R膩m膩ya峁嘺 and Mah膩bharata give the subjects of study of a king.
which includes both the spiritual and political.
During the age of Buddhism, centres of education were
monasteries or Vih膩ras. All education, sacred as well as secular, were in
the hands of learned monks. Students stayed with the monks and the
inmates of the viharas included members of both higher and lower
classes. Ayurveda made marvelous progress in this age. Women were
also given education. The educational institutions of the Buddhist period
attracted students from distant parts of the world such as China and
Sreelanka. The use of Prak峁泃 and P膩li, the languages of the common
people was another positive aspect of Buddhist education.
In the medieval India the invaders destroyed many centres of
learning but the tradition of the teaching of Vedas and 艣膩stras continued.
P膩峁環a艣膩las were established in different parts of the country. Var膩峁嘺si
became the most famous centre of learning in North India. Bhagavadgita,
Bh膩gavata and works on Bhakti were held in high esteem. Midhila and
Kashmir also became famous for Sanskrit scholarship. The regional
languages began to develop with the help of Sanskrit language. Some of
