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 1 - Ayurveda and Sanskrit literature
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This story points out that the system of Gurudak峁峁嘺 was
followed in this period also.
The system of gurukula education continued even after the age of
Pur膩峁嘺s. As mentioned earlier Kings and Lords were used to appoint
teachers for educating their children and relatives at their palaces. The
residential system continued during the middle ages, this age old practice
of education was able to survive with the patronage received from the
local chiefs and kings. Traditions were kept safe by the close and devoted
bond of the teacher and disciple. This was relevant not only in the
northern parts of India but the south also participated in it. When the age
of sages and great emperors was over, Temples and chieftain took over
the areas of Sanskrit wisdom. The weakness and ups and downs of those
patrons were reflected in the gurukula system, which they wanted to
preserve and propagate in this period.
The Vedic system of education was followed by the Buddhist
system.
The Non Vedic Systems of Education Buddhist Viharas.
During the Br膩hma峁噄c period casteism and ritualism increased and
this created dissatisfaction among the common people. Buddhism
