Tantra Yukti in the Sushruta Samhita: 32 Devices for Reading a Classical Text, and the 33rd That Slipped In

The short version The Sushruta Samhita does not end with surgery. It ends with a reading lesson. Its sixty-fifth chapter...

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Gandha Pariksha in the Sushruta Samhita: Colour Names the Dosha, but Only Smell Decides the Verdict

The short version The second chapter of the Sharira Sthana of the Sushruta Samhita is, on its surface, a chapter...

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Arsha (Piles) in the Sushruta Samhita: The Six Types of Haemorrhoids in Ayurveda's Nidana Sthana

Quick Summary Long before modern proctology, the Sushruta Samhita — Ayurveda's great surgical classic — gave piles a careful, systematic...

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Sammohini & Sanjivani: The 2000-Year-Old Anaesthesia of Ancient India (Before Modern Surgery)

Quick takeaway: Ancient Indian surgeons performed brain surgery — trephining the skull and removing the malignant portion — using Sammohini,...

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Sushruta Samhita: India's 2,500-Year-Old Surgical Text That Shaped Modern Medicine

Quick takeaway: The Sushruta Samhita, written in Varanasi between the 6th and 3rd century BCE, is one of Ayurveda's three...

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