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    Sushruta Samhita (redirect from Susruta)
    The Sushruta Samhita (Sanskrit: सुश्रुतसंहिता, lit. 'Suśruta's Compendium', IAST: Suśrutasaṃhitā) is an ancient Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery...
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    Sushruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. 'well heard', IAST: Suśruta) is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered...
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    Siddhānta·śiromaṇi, Gaṇita·sāra·saṅgraha, Bīja·gaṇita Life sciences, health Āyurveda, Suśruta·saṃhitā, Caraka·saṃhitā Sex, emotions Kāma·sūtra, Pañca·sāyaka, Rati·rahasya...
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    Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases. 52 (4): 541–43. PMID 6399073. Susruta, Bhishagratna KL (1907–1916). An English translation of the Sushruta samhita...
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    surgery and even documented an open rhinoplasty procedure. His magnum opus Suśruta-saṃhitā is one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine...
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    mortality. Cataract surgery was first described by the Ayurvedic physician, Suśruta (about 5th century BCE) in Sushruta Samhita in ancient India. Most of the...
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    dead fetus is removed through the uterine passage and vagina. Although Suśruta does not describe removing a living child from a dead mother. "Ayurveda"...
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  • been called the Father of Surgery by various sources. Sushruta (IAST: Suśruta), the purported author of the Sanskrit-language Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's...
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  • originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is referred to as an anaesthetic by Suśruta (a surgeon in India circa 400 BCE). Other ancient medical authorities also...
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  • Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā, Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. The origin of Sattu is the Magadh region of Bihar. The process...
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    Archived from the original on 8 August 2018. Retrieved 8 August 2018. Susruta Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine The Imperial Gazetteer of...
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  • Yajur Veda Shakha Sanskrit Sushruta Samhita Medicine and Surgery Sanskrit Suśruta Shaunaka Shakha Recension of Atharva Veda Shakha Sanskrit Paippalada Shakha...
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    performed before 800 BC, British Journal of Ophthalmology, 59, page 171 "Susruta: The Great Surgeon of Yore". Infinityfoundation.com. Archived from the...
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    to veins, claiming it reduced both pain and the spread of gangrene. The Susruta Samhita (4th–5th century BC) is similar to the words of Hippocrates, but...
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    Obstetrical Considerations in Ancient Indian Surgery Based on Sarira-Sthana of Susruta Samhita. J. R. Svinth (2002). A Chronological History of the Martial Arts...
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    Ferrauiola, Julie; et al. (2010). "Anatomy in ancient India: a focus on the Susruta Samhita". Journal of Anatomy. 217 (6): 646–650. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7580...
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    of passage during apprentice education varied in the respective guilds. Susruta and Charaka developed the initiation ceremony for students of Ayurveda...
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    and workers alike. An early known recipe similar to kachori comes from Susruta Samhita, which mentions deep-fried pastry made from flour, ghee, and jaggery...
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  • Obstetrical Considerations in Ancient Indian Surgery Based on Sarira-Sthana of Susruta Samhita. Zarrilli, Phillip B. (1992). "To Heal and/or To Harm: The Vital...
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  • proto-dentistry among an early farming culture. The ancient text Suśrutasamhitā of Suśruta describes procedures on various forms of surgery, including rhinoplasty...
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    of Indian Medical Literature. Groningen: Forsten. Sharma, P.V. (2001). Suśruta-Saṃhitā with English translation of text and Ḍalhaṇa's commentary along...
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  • Sushruta 7th century BCE Indian author of the treatise The Compendium of Suśruta Themison of Laodicea 1st century BCE Greek founder of the Methodic school...
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  • innovations. Under Caliph Harun al-Rashid (788–809), the translation of Susruta Samhita into Arabic was commissioned. Furthermore, the notable Arabic medical...
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    and scooping (spoons and curettes). In 4th century CE, Indian physician Susruta used surgical tools such as retractors. In a description of the procedure...
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    approximately the ninth century, and in the Ayurvedic medicinal text the Susruta Samhita. As early as the third century CE in ancient Viet Nam, the chronicle...
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    The Indian Valerian has long been used in Ayurveda (Charak Samhita and Susruta) and Unani systems of medicine, which describe its use in obesity, skin...
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  • be one factor considered when commencing hormone replacement therapy. Suśruta-saṃhitā, composed between 6th century BCE and 5th century CE speaks of...
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    procedures. Most remarkable was Susruta's surgery specially the rhinoplasty for which he is called father of plastic surgery. Susruta also described more than...
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    as Ātreya, Hārīta, Parāśara, Bhela, Garga, Śāmbavya, Suśruta, Vasiṣṭha, Karāla, and Kāpya. Suśruta, whose curiosity is aroused by a particular plant, approaches...
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    nouchali (-Mahābhārata, Rāmāyana, Suśruta, Raghuvamsa, Meghdoota, etc.),(2) a seed of Nymphaea nouchali (-Suśruta), (3) the plant Costus speciosus (-Bhagavata...
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