The Susruta or System of Medicine - Volume 2
Taught by Dhanwantari and composed by his disciple Susruta
In Sanskrit
Edited by Madhusudan Gupta
Printed at The Education Press, Calcutta - 1836
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The Sushruta Samhita ("Suśruta's Compendium") is an ancient Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery, and one of the most important such treatises on this subject to survive from the ancient world. The Compendium of Suśruta is one of the foundational texts of Ayurveda.
Modern translations
The first printed edition of the text was prepared by Madhusudan Gupta (2 vols, Calcutta 1835, 1836). A partial English translation by U. C. Datta appeared in 1883. The first complete English translation of the Sushruta Samhita was by Kaviraj Kunjalal Bhishagratna, who published it in three volumes between 1907 and 1916 (reprinted 1963, 2006).
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Palm leaves of the Sushruta Samhita or Sahottara-Tantra stored at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from Nepal, the text is dated 12th-13th century while the art is dated 18th-19th century.
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Taught by Dhanwantari and composed by his disciple Susruta
In Sanskrit
Edited by Madhusudan Gupta
Printed at The Education Press, Calcutta - 1836
Read book online:
https://bit.ly/3auHjfY
Download pdf book:
https://bit.ly/2VNjfzL
The Sushruta Samhita ("Suśruta's Compendium") is an ancient Sanskrit text on medicine and surgery, and one of the most important such treatises on this subject to survive from the ancient world. The Compendium of Suśruta is one of the foundational texts of Ayurveda.
Modern translations
The first printed edition of the text was prepared by Madhusudan Gupta (2 vols, Calcutta 1835, 1836). A partial English translation by U. C. Datta appeared in 1883. The first complete English translation of the Sushruta Samhita was by Kaviraj Kunjalal Bhishagratna, who published it in three volumes between 1907 and 1916 (reprinted 1963, 2006).
Image:
Palm leaves of the Sushruta Samhita or Sahottara-Tantra stored at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, from Nepal, the text is dated 12th-13th century while the art is dated 18th-19th century.
Image and text credit:
- Wikipedia
Rare Book Society
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