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Suśruta
Suśruta was an ancient Indian physician and surgeon, who made significant contributions to the field of plastic and cataract surgery. He was the author of the Suśruta Saṃhitā, considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine. It is also considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, including diet, surgery, noso…
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Born 600 BC · Died 500 BC · Q383027
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1999· 1 entry
Physician-scholar Gerrit Jan Meulenbeld covers a variety of further theories on Suśruta's identity and the Sushruta Samhita's dating and publication history
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1985· 1 entry
Suggested that the author of the original "layer" was "elder Sushruta" (Vrddha Sushruta), although this name appears nowhere in the early Sanskrit literature
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1907· 1 entry
Kunja Lal Bhishagratna, a translator of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, asserted that Suśruta was one of the sons of the sage Vishvamitra
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