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    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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    Samhita (IAST: Caraka-Saṃhitā, “Compendium of Charaka”) is a Sanskrit text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine). Along with the Sushruta Samhita...
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  • Samhita Brihat Samhita Sushruta Samhita (a treatise on food and medicine) Yogayajnavalkya Samhita. Aranyaka Brahmana Upanishad Veda saMhita, Monier-Williams'...
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  • similarities with the Charaka Samhita, another text of the Atreya school, but it also shows some similarities with the Sushruta Samhita of the Dhanavantri school...
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    sages, and then to human physicians. Printed editions of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), frame the work as the teachings of Dhanvantari,...
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    author of commentary on the Charaka Samhita, was also Kashmiri and so was Udbhatta who commented upon Sushruta Samhita. The term Charaka is a label said...
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  • refers to the entire plant kingdom. However, according to Charaka Samhitā and Sushruta Samhita medical texts and the Vaisesikas school of philosophy, "vanaspati"...
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  • frequent reference to the earlier classical works, the Charaka Samhita and the Sushruta Samhita.: 391–593  Vāgbhaṭa is said, in the closing verses of the Ashtāṅgasaṅgraha...
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  • Indian medicine, alongside works like the Sushruta Samhita, Charaka Samhita, Bhela Samhita, and Harita Samhita. It is dependent upon the works of the Ayuvedic...
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  • Atharvaveda (section Samhita)
    ancient India is first found in the Caraka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita. Kenneth Zysk adds Bhela Samhita to this list. The verse 11.7.24 of Atharvaveda...
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  • Rishi Ashtavakra on Vedanta. Office of the Vaishya Hitkari. Aṣṭāvakra saṁhitā : text with word-for-word translation, English rendering, comments and...
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    diseases, are similar to those found in the more ancient Hindu text Sushruta Samhita. The text includes various lists of diseases, agricultural products...
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  • ancient India and is described in the medical compendium, the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium, c. 500 AD). The book discussed otoplastic and other...
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    Śaṁkarī Saṁhitā the Vaiṣṇavī Saṁhitā the Brāhmī Saṁhitā and the Saura Saṁhitā The manuscripts of the Sanatkumāra Saṁhitā, the Śaṁkarī Saṁhitā, the Sūta...
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    on thali comes from Ayurveda Samhitas, Sangam and medieval period Indian cookbooks. A chapter in ancient Sushruta Samhita text is dedicated to dining etiquette...
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    authentic compilation of teachings is by the surgeon Sushruta, available in a treatise called Sushruta Samhita. This contains 184 chapters and description of...
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    Garga Samhita (Sanskrit: गर्ग संहिता, romanized: Garga-saṃhitā) is a Sanskrit-language Vaishnavite scripture based on the Hindu deities Radha and Krishna...
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  • Surgery by various sources. Sushruta (IAST: Suśruta), the purported author of the Sanskrit-language Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), has been called...
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    Yajurveda (redirect from Vajasaneyi Samhita)
    recensions of the Krishna Yajurveda – Taittirīya saṃhitā, Maitrayani saṃhitā, Kaṭha saṃhitā and Kapiṣṭhala saṃhitā. A total of eighty six recensions are mentioned...
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    greater enemy than egoism (ahankara). —Gheranda Samhita, 1.4 Translator: Srisa Chandra Vasu Gheranda Samhita (IAST: gheraṇḍasaṁhitā, घेरंडसंहिता, meaning...
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    of leprosy is described in the medical treatise Sushruta Samhita (6th century BCE). The Sushruta Samhita an Ayurvedic text contains 184 chapters and description...
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    Rigveda (redirect from Rigveda samhita)
    given. The text is layered, consisting of the Samhita, Brahmanas, Aranyakas and Upanishads. The Rigveda Samhita is the core text and is a collection of 10...
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    according to the deeds of men, as well as maintaining their records. The Yama Samhita, an extract from the 9th chapter of Ahilya Kamdhenu, a work of Hindu Law...
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  • moderate amounts of fresh, vital and sattvic foods. Charaka Samhita and Sushruta Samhita are among the two largest surviving compendium on nutrition and...
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    and Hatha Yoga Pradapika by Svatmarama; and Ayurvedic texts such as Sushruta Samhita, Bhava Prakasha and Harit. However, according to medical anthropologist...
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    though it is a mere speculation. Sushruta, an ancient Indian surgeon, described the procedure in “Sushruta Samhita, Uttar Tantra”, an Indian medical...
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    Bhishagratna, Kunja Lal (1907–1916). An English translation of the Sushruta samhita, based on original Sanskrit text. Edited and published by Kaviraj Kunja...
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    Nyāya Sūtras Vaiśeṣika Sūtra Yoga Sutras Pramana Sutras Charaka Samhita Sushruta Samhita Natya Shastra Panchatantra Divya Prabandha Tirumurai Ramcharitmanas...
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  • Shiva Samhita (IAST: śivasaṃhitā, also Siva Samhita, meaning "Shiva's Compendium") is a Sanskrit text on yoga, written by an unknown author. The text...
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