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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education. They were given a textual reading and interpretation. However,
the acting of the drama on stage was rare. Traditional Sanskrit theatre, as
N膩tya艣膩stra reveals, was highly sophisticated, conventional and also
multidimensional. There existed a complex code of gestures, movement
patterns and vocal expressions. There were some traditional communities
of actors well versed in Sanskrit play performance. Numerous rituals
accompanied the play conducted usually in temple premises or royal
courts. The major K峁triya or Br膩hmana male characters used Sanskrit
while female characters, servants and vid奴峁ka used prak峁泃 or local
languages. There was a custom of giving Sanskrit versions of the prak峁泃
passages in the text of the play.
碍奴峁璱测腻峁弓补尘
The traditional Sanskrit theatre of Kerala namely 碍奴峁璱测腻峁弓补尘 is one
of the oldest and continuously performed classical theatre form in India. It
is the only surviving Sanskrit theatre of the ancient world. 碍奴峁璱测腻峁弓补尘 is
probably a regional fragment of the last grand Sanskrit classical tradition,
a keralite bridge between the past and present. 20 碍奴峁璱测腻峁弓补尘 is believed to
date back to about two thousand years.
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碍奴峁璱测腻峁弓补尘 is complex in structure and execution. It is traditionally
performed by actors and musicians in 'K奴ttambalam' stage constructed in
the compounds of a Hindu temple. As a result of its close association with
