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1Vol. l.—SUTRASTHANAM. AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION , OF THE' SUSHRUTA SAMHITA BASED ON ORIGINAL SANSKRIT TEXT. Wt EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY KAVIRAJ KUNJA LAL BHISHAGRATNA WITH A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION, TRANSLATION OF DIFFERENT READINGS, NOTES, COMPARATIVE VIEWS, INDEX, GLOSSARY &. PLATES. ( IN THREE VOL UMES. ) Vol. I.-SUTRASTHANAM. CALCUTTA : ^ No. lO, KASHI GHOSE'S LANE. ' 1907. * -• . f' srf3 Printed by J. N. Bose. ' '^ / College Square, Calcutta. MW Riqhtx Rexd'ved) WAHAMAIlUPAbHVAYA KAVIRAJ DVARKANAIH SEN, KAVIKATNA. ( In Durbar dress ) II w^ff^ II PREFACE. --^^B' Xo special ^polcfgy is necessary for the publication of an English translation of the Sushruta Samhita. The vast medical literature of ancient India practically remains as yet unexplored, and any undertaking, which „has the obiect of making that terra incognita, known to thescientific world, is bound to be welcomedby the public. Spasmodic attempts have been made by several scholars and erudite bodies to bring out an English translation of the Sushruta Samhita, as the most representative work of the Ayurveda, but we regret to say that such efforts have hitherto proved abortive. In spite of incomplete information on the subject many drugs of the Ayurvedic ?vlateria Medica have been adopted by different foreign systems of medicine, and this has afforded us a fresh impetus to issue an English translation of the book, which not only deals with the essentials of Indian Therapeutics but embraces the whole range of the science of A3airveda, as it was understood and practised by the Vedic sages.
2We sincerely hope that the English rendering of Sushruta, which we have undertaken, will, when completed, supply a long-felt want and help to start a fuller inquiry into the properties of the indigenous drugs of India. Many institutions have been already started both in England and Germany with the sole object of studying the reti(^logy of tropical diseases, and of formulating an empirical system of their prevention and cure, and we, hope an I4nglish translation of the Sushruta Samhita, embracing as it ^11 does the results of researches made by our ancient Rishis ill the land of their origin(^ may contribute no small amount of useful information to those bodies. "We have many things to learn" observes Lt. Col. C. P. Lukis, M.b., F.R.C.S., I. M.S., Principal, Medical College, Calcutta, "from the people of this country in respect of medicine and medical science," and five doubt not that an accurate knowledge of the contents of this splendid monument of the Ayurveda in quarters where it has every chance of being utilised and improved upon will make the Inmian race better equipped too combat the ills of life.
3A few remarks on the method we have adopted in editing this work are necessarv by way of explanation. We have carefully collated all the available texts of the Sushruta Samhita, whether printed or otherwise, expunging from the body of our work all texts, which, though not proved to be wholly spurious, are of questionable authority, and putting them in foot-notes as "Different Readings" or "Additional Texts." In cases of doubt or discrepancy of opinion we have thought fit to abide by the decision of our revered preceptor, Mahamahopadhyaya Kaviraj Dvarkanath Sen, Kaviratna, and inserted within brackets explanatory clauses, where a strictly literal translation of texts would not convey their true meaning. In many instances it is impossible to find in the English language equivalent words for the technical terms of the A3'urveda. In such cases we have put approximate English words within brackets, after the original Sanskrit terms. For exapiple we have translated the term Ojah as albumen. Sut the Ojah of the Ayurveda is a disputed thing, t It may mean something like but not exactl)' albumen; glycogen, which contributes largely to Ill "^ ,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
Romanised transliteration as printed by the translator, not the original script. This is what we hold.
1Vol. l.—SUTRASTHANAM. AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION , OF THE' SUSHRUTA SAMHITA BASED ON ORIGINAL SANSKRIT TEXT. Wt EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY KAVIRAJ KUNJA LAL BHISHAGRATNA WITH A FULL AND COMPREHENSIVE INTRODUCTION, TRANSLATION OF DIFFERENT READINGS, NOTES, COMPARATIVE VIEWS, INDEX, GLOSSARY &. PLATES. ( IN THREE VOL UMES. ) Vol. I.-SUTRASTHANAM. CALCUTTA : ^ No. lO, KASHI GHOSE'S LANE. ' 1907. * -• . f' srf3 Printed by J. N. Bose. ' '^ / College Square, Calcutta. MW Riqhtx Rexd'ved) WAHAMAIlUPAbHVAYA KAVIRAJ DVARKANAIH SEN, KAVIKATNA. ( In Durbar dress ) II w^ff^ II PREFACE. --^^B' Xo special ^polcfgy is necessary for the publication of an English translation of the Sushruta Samhita. The vast medical literature of ancient India practically remains as yet unexplored, and any undertaking, which „has the obiect of making that terra incognita, known to thescientific world, is bound to be welcomedby the public. Spasmodic attempts have been made by several scholars and erudite bodies to bring out an English translation of the Sushruta Samhita, as the most representative work of the Ayurveda, but we regret to say that such efforts have hitherto proved abortive. In spite of incomplete information on the subject many drugs of the Ayurvedic ?vlateria Medica have been adopted by different foreign systems of medicine, and this has afforded us a fresh impetus to issue an English translation of the book, which not only deals with the essentials of Indian Therapeutics but embraces the whole range of the science of A3airveda, as it was understood and practised by the Vedic sages.
2We sincerely hope that the English rendering of Sushruta, which we have undertaken, will, when completed, supply a long-felt want and help to start a fuller inquiry into the properties of the indigenous drugs of India. Many institutions have been already started both in England and Germany with the sole object of studying the reti(^logy of tropical diseases, and of formulating an empirical system of their prevention and cure, and we, hope an I4nglish translation of the Sushruta Samhita, embracing as it ^11 does the results of researches made by our ancient Rishis ill the land of their origin(^ may contribute no small amount of useful information to those bodies. "We have many things to learn" observes Lt. Col. C. P. Lukis, M.b., F.R.C.S., I. M.S., Principal, Medical College, Calcutta, "from the people of this country in respect of medicine and medical science," and five doubt not that an accurate knowledge of the contents of this splendid monument of the Ayurveda in quarters where it has every chance of being utilised and improved upon will make the Inmian race better equipped too combat the ills of life.
3A few remarks on the method we have adopted in editing this work are necessarv by way of explanation. We have carefully collated all the available texts of the Sushruta Samhita, whether printed or otherwise, expunging from the body of our work all texts, which, though not proved to be wholly spurious, are of questionable authority, and putting them in foot-notes as "Different Readings" or "Additional Texts." In cases of doubt or discrepancy of opinion we have thought fit to abide by the decision of our revered preceptor, Mahamahopadhyaya Kaviraj Dvarkanath Sen, Kaviratna, and inserted within brackets explanatory clauses, where a strictly literal translation of texts would not convey their true meaning. In many instances it is impossible to find in the English language equivalent words for the technical terms of the A3'urveda. In such cases we have put approximate English words within brackets, after the original Sanskrit terms. For exapiple we have translated the term Ojah as albumen. Sut the Ojah of the Ayurveda is a disputed thing, t It may mean something like but not exactl)' albumen; glycogen, which contributes largely to Ill "^ ,
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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