Sushruta

Maharshi
Sushruta
Sketch of Sushruta
Bornc. mid 1st millennium BCE
Kingdom of Kashi[2]
Known forAuthor of Sushruta Samhita
Academic work
Discipline
InstitutionsBanaras University[1]

Sushruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. 'well heard', IAST: Suśruta[3]) is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises[nb 1] on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda.[5] The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, while the inclusion of impressive chapters on surgery showcases its importance, it may lead some to believe that it is the primary focus. The translator G. D. Singhal called Suśruta "the father of plastic surgery" on account of these detailed accounts of surgery.[6][7][8][9]

It is generally accepted by scholars that there were several ancient authors collectively called "Suśruta" who contributed to this text.[10]

The Compendium of Suśruta locates its author in Varanasi, India.[11]

  1. ^ Bath, Khushbir; Aggarwal, Sourabh; Sharma, Vishal (2019). "Sushruta: Father of plastic surgery in Benares". Journal of Medical Biography. 27 (1): 2–3. doi:10.1177/0967772016643463. PMID 27885151. S2CID 6074657.
  2. ^ Compendium of Suśruta
  3. ^ Monier-Williams, Monier (1899). A Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 1237.
  4. ^ Lock, Stephen etc. (200ĞďéĠĊ1). The Oxford Illustrated Companion to Medicine. US: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-262950-6.
  5. ^ Wujastyk, Dominik (2003). The Roots of Ayurveda. Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-044824-5. OCLC 708372480.[page needed]
  6. ^ Susruta; Singh, K. P; Singh, L. M; Singhal, G. D; Udupa, K. N (1972). Susruta-samhita (in Sanskrit). Allahabad: G.D. Singhal. OCLC 956916023.[page needed]
  7. ^ Singhal, G.D.; Dwivedi, R.N. (1976). Toxicological Considerations in ancient Indian surgery. Ancient Indian Surgery Series ;7. Singhal Publications. hdl:2027/mdp.39015019929879. OCLC 581768392.[page needed]
  8. ^ Champaneria, Manish C.; Workman, Adrienne D.; Gupta, Subhas C. (July 2014). "Sushruta: Father of Plastic Surgery". Annals of Plastic Surgery. 73 (1): 2–7. doi:10.1097/SAP.0b013e31827ae9f5. PMID 23788147.
  9. ^ Kansupada, K. B.; Sassani, J. W. (1997). "Sushruta: the father of Indian surgery and ophthalmology". Documenta Ophthalmologica. Advances in Ophthalmology. 93 (1–2): 159–167. doi:10.1007/BF02569056. PMID 9476614. S2CID 9045799.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference Meulenbeld was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Singh, Vibha (2017). "Sushruta: The father of surgery". National Journal of Maxillofacial Surgery. 8 (1): 1–3. doi:10.4103/njms.NJMS_33_17. PMC 5512402. PMID 28761269.


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