Essay name: Manasollasa (study of Arts and Sciences)
Author:
Mahadev Narayanrao Joshi
Affiliation: Karnatak University / Department of Sanskrit
This essay in English studies the Manasollasa authored by Someshvara III, representing an ancient encyclopedic work encompassing over 8,000 Sanskrit verses. The text addresses diverse topics like polity, political sciences, architecture, jurisprudence, iconography, idol-making, and various arts and sciences such as mathematics.
Chapter 5 - Sciences in Someshvara鈥檚 Manasollasa
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in Europe.
A few notable names associated with different
sciences in India during different periods are given
44 below.
S.No.
1 Subject
Medicine
Scientist
叠丑补谤补诲惫腻箩补
2 Atreya
3 J墨vika
4 Period and Profession
Around 800 B.C.Earliest
Teacher of Ayurvedic
Medicine
8th Century B.C. Renow-
ened teacher of Ayur-
vedic Medicine
6th Century B.C. The
Physician to lord
Buddha
Patanjali
2nd Century B.C. Expoun-
der of the Yoga doctrine.
5 "
Caraka
6 7
11 釤�
Susruta
Vagbhata
2nd Century B.C. Physi-
cian who compiled a
treatise on Ayurvedic
Medicine
1st Century B.C.Surgeon
A
6th Century A.D.
great Physician and
Author of 'Astanga
H峁沝aya' a classic of
Ayurvedic Medicine.
44. T.K.Ramachandra Iyer. 'A Short History of
Sanskrit Literature' (R.S.Vadhyar and Sons, Book-seller
and Publishers, Kalpathi 1977), pp-55-100.
Cf. also Dr.W.K.Lele. 'The Doctrine of the Tantrayuktis
(Chaukhamba Surabharati Prakashan, Varanasi 1981).
Ed. Dr.P.Sri Ramachandradu, and V.Sundara Sarma.
'Sanskrita Kavi Jivitam' by Pandita M.S.Sastry. (Sanskrit
Academy, Osmania University, Hyderabad, 1982).
