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 3 - Schools of Surgery in ancient India
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Perukumana Sreedharan Namputiri, Kozhikode, Brahmasri Kesavan
Namputiri from Guruvayur and so on.
Sanskrit theatre
啶� 啶む啷嵿啷嵿啶距え啶� 啶� 啶む啷嵿啶苦げ啷嵿お啶� 啶� 啶膏ぞ 啶掂た啶︵啶ぞ 啶ㄠじ啶� 啶曕げ啶� 啷�
啶ㄠぞ啶膏 啶啶椸 啶� 啶むい啷嵿啶班啶 啶ㄠぞ啶熰啶啶洁じ啷嵿ぎ啶苦え啷� 啶え啷嵿え 啶︵啶多啶い啷� 啷�
[na tajj帽膩na峁� na tacchilpa峁� na s膩 vidy膩 nas膩 kal膩 |
n膩sau yogo na tatkarma峁� n膩峁瓂e'smin yanna d峁浥泍ate |
] 27 Sanskrit drama has got a great educative value as Bharata says
["艢ilpa, 艢astra, Kala, Vidya and all knowledge and action are present in
Natya]"
Language is integral in the plays and its use in conversation etc. is
seen in the Vacik膩bhinaya. Bharata, the author of Natya艣膩stra also says
that the body of Natya is the original text or written script by the poet and
the use of language by the actors are based on it.
28 Sanskrit drama represents different life situations before the
spectators who understand and appreciate them by watching and
hearing. The dialogues are given in Sanskrit or Prak峁泃 according to the
types of characters. A reader or hearer can easily understand and follow
the different modes of Sanskrit conversation employed in the various
contexts in the dramas. Hence Sanskrit drama has an important role in the
education of Sanskrit language in both formal and informal ways. Along
with K膩vyas, N膩峁璦kas were also included in the traditional Sanskrit
