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1the reproductive activity of tlfe body in certaiR)*instances. would appear to be the more correct description. In cases like this we h'ave not put before our readers, any suggestions of our own, but left them free to draw their own inference. And for this purpose we further intend to Append to the last volume of this work an index a,nd a glossary illustrating the possible meanings of the Ayurvedic terms with English and Latin synonyms, wherever possible. The true meaning of the Ayurveda can be better explained or understood only with the light of moder.n science, and we leave it to our European colleagues to carry on the research on the lines we have suggested with regard to this ancient S3'stem of medicine, which a better knowledge of its principles and methods will enable them to do. By a lamentable oversight, the terms Vayu, Pittani, Kaphah and Dosha have been translated as wind, bile, phlegm and humour in the first few chapters. For the sake of convenience we have divided the entire work into three volumes, the first containing only the Sutrasthanam, the second Xidanam, Sharira and Chikitsa, and the third Kalpa and Uttara Tantram. We have adopted the diagrams of surgical instruments from that most valuable work of the Thakore Saheb of Gondal, called the History of the Aryan Medical Science, for which I am particularly indebted to His Highness. In conclusion, we beg to conve\' our sincerest thanks to our preceptor's son Kaviraj Jogendranath Sen Vidyabhusana M. A., Dr. U. D. Banerji L. R. C. P., M. R. C. S. (Lond), and Lt. Col. K. P. Gupta M. A., M. D., I. ^l. S., Professor Janakinath Bhattacharya M.A. B?L., P.R.S. for having kindly examined the different portions of the manuscript. I am grateful to Dr. Surendranath <■ IV f #
2(josvaini B^A., L. M. S. teo, for the kind interest he has all 'along taken in the publicittion of this work and />i"or various intelhgent suggestions, which haxc been of consfderable help to me. My thanks are also due to numerous learned authors, ancient and modern 'from whose writings, I ha\e found it necessary to make frequent quotcition^. 10, Kashi Ghose's Laxe. ] KUNJA LAL BIIISHAGKATNA. i.-^t TJeceiiiher, igoy. \ CALCUTTA. J Kaviraj. TNTRODTK^TION. ^^ Sushruta :— His age and personality :— A few
3preliminary observations regarding the technique of the Ayurvedic system of medicine are necessary at the outset to correctly understand thp aim and scope of the Sushruta Samhita. Who was Sushruta ? When and where did he live and flourish ? These are questions that would naturally suggest themselves to the readers of the following pages ; but the}^ can only be imperfectly answered like all similar questions respecting the lives of our ancient worthies. In a country like India where life itself was simply regarded as an illusion, the lives of kings or commoners were deemed matters of little moment to the vital economy of the race ; and all histories and biographies were looked upon as the embodiment of thLe flimsy vanities of life. Lives of saints and canonised kings had been made use of in certain instances as themes of national epics. But they were intended more to elucidate or enunciate the doctrines of certain schools of Ethics or Metaphysics than to record any historical fact or event. Authentic history we have none beyond chronicles of state events and royal names in some instances ; and those which are usually found in the Sanskrit Puranas are strange combinations of myths and legends, which often contradict each other. Hence the utter futility of attempts to explain a historical fact by the light of a votive npdal or tablet unearthed perhaps frorri the ruins of one of sur ancient cities. Such an endeavour serves, in most cases, only to make the " darkness visible, " • and the confusion more confounded. ii 'iNTROniTCTIOX.
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.
1the reproductive activity of tlfe body in certaiR)*instances. would appear to be the more correct description. In cases like this we h'ave not put before our readers, any suggestions of our own, but left them free to draw their own inference. And for this purpose we further intend to Append to the last volume of this work an index a,nd a glossary illustrating the possible meanings of the Ayurvedic terms with English and Latin synonyms, wherever possible. The true meaning of the Ayurveda can be better explained or understood only with the light of moder.n science, and we leave it to our European colleagues to carry on the research on the lines we have suggested with regard to this ancient S3'stem of medicine, which a better knowledge of its principles and methods will enable them to do. By a lamentable oversight, the terms Vayu, Pittani, Kaphah and Dosha have been translated as wind, bile, phlegm and humour in the first few chapters. For the sake of convenience we have divided the entire work into three volumes, the first containing only the Sutrasthanam, the second Xidanam, Sharira and Chikitsa, and the third Kalpa and Uttara Tantram. We have adopted the diagrams of surgical instruments from that most valuable work of the Thakore Saheb of Gondal, called the History of the Aryan Medical Science, for which I am particularly indebted to His Highness. In conclusion, we beg to conve\' our sincerest thanks to our preceptor's son Kaviraj Jogendranath Sen Vidyabhusana M. A., Dr. U. D. Banerji L. R. C. P., M. R. C. S. (Lond), and Lt. Col. K. P. Gupta M. A., M. D., I. ^l. S., Professor Janakinath Bhattacharya M.A. B?L., P.R.S. for having kindly examined the different portions of the manuscript. I am grateful to Dr. Surendranath <■ IV f #
2(josvaini B^A., L. M. S. teo, for the kind interest he has all 'along taken in the publicittion of this work and />i"or various intelhgent suggestions, which haxc been of consfderable help to me. My thanks are also due to numerous learned authors, ancient and modern 'from whose writings, I ha\e found it necessary to make frequent quotcition^. 10, Kashi Ghose's Laxe. ] KUNJA LAL BIIISHAGKATNA. i.-^t TJeceiiiher, igoy. \ CALCUTTA. J Kaviraj. TNTRODTK^TION. ^^ Sushruta :— His age and personality :— A few
3preliminary observations regarding the technique of the Ayurvedic system of medicine are necessary at the outset to correctly understand thp aim and scope of the Sushruta Samhita. Who was Sushruta ? When and where did he live and flourish ? These are questions that would naturally suggest themselves to the readers of the following pages ; but the}^ can only be imperfectly answered like all similar questions respecting the lives of our ancient worthies. In a country like India where life itself was simply regarded as an illusion, the lives of kings or commoners were deemed matters of little moment to the vital economy of the race ; and all histories and biographies were looked upon as the embodiment of thLe flimsy vanities of life. Lives of saints and canonised kings had been made use of in certain instances as themes of national epics. But they were intended more to elucidate or enunciate the doctrines of certain schools of Ethics or Metaphysics than to record any historical fact or event. Authentic history we have none beyond chronicles of state events and royal names in some instances ; and those which are usually found in the Sanskrit Puranas are strange combinations of myths and legends, which often contradict each other. Hence the utter futility of attempts to explain a historical fact by the light of a votive npdal or tablet unearthed perhaps frorri the ruins of one of sur ancient cities. Such an endeavour serves, in most cases, only to make the " darkness visible, " • and the confusion more confounded. ii 'iNTROniTCTIOX.
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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