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2. Sushruta Samhita

Oct 23, 2025 · Updated Dec 26, 2025

  1. Sutrasthāna (Section on fundamental principles)
    1. Origin of the Ayurveda
    2. Initiation of a student of the Ayurveda
    3. Classification of the Ayurveda etc.
    4. General explanations
    5. Preliminary surgical measures
    6. Characteristic features of the different seasons of the year and their influence on health and drugs
    7. Surgical appliances, their use and construction
    8. Surgical instruments, and their names, use and construction
    9. Practice of surgery
    10. Essential qualifications of a physician before he formally enters his profession
    11. Mode of preparing alkalis, and their comparative excellence as incising, excising or scraping agents
    12. Actual cauteries
    13. Leeches and their use
    14. Origin and characteristic features of lymph chyle
    15. Development or non-development of the excrements and constituent principles of the body
    16. Piercing and bandaging of the lobules of ears
    17. Distinction between suppressing and non-suppressing swellings
    18. Dressings and bandages of Ulcers
    19. Nursing and management of an Ulcer patient
    20. Salutary and Non-salutary effects of regimen etc.
    21. The deranged Vayu, Pittam etc. as the exciting causes of Ulcers
    22. Secretions from Boils and Ulcers
    23. Prognosis of Ulcer cases
    24. Classification of diseases according as they are medical or surgical
    25. Eight different forms of surgical operation
    26. Exploration of splinters, deep-seated in the organism
    27. Extraction of splinters
    28. Favorable or unfavorable prognosis of an Ulcer
    29. Favorable or unfavorable prognosis in diseases as known from messengers, omens, birds of happy or evil augury
    30. Prognosis that can be obtained from the perverted functions of the five sense organs
    31. Prognosis to be gathered from the altered condition of features
    32. Prognosis based on the perversion of the external appearances of the body and other Arishta symptoms
    33. Incurable diseases, and Incurable symptoms developed in connection with diseases of the nervous system, morbid urethral discharges, Leprosy, Hemorrhoids
    34. Mode of preserving the life of a King whose soldiers are on the march
    35. Clinical Observations
    36. Miscellaneous remedies for swellings
    37. Destructive traits of different kinds of soil commended for the growth or culture of medicinal herbs
    38. A General Classification of drugs according to their therapeutical properties
    39. Drugs possessed of cathartic or soothing effects
    40. Drugs and their flavors, virtues, potencies, and chemical actions
    41. Specific properties of drugs
    42. Specific properties of flavors
    43. Mode of administering emetics
    44. Choice of purgatives
    45. Rules to be observed in respect of liquid substances
    46. Different kinds of food and drink
  2. Nidānasthāna (Section on Pathology)
    1. Diseases of the Nervous System etc.
    2. Hemorrhoids
    3. Urinary Calculi
    4. Fistula-in-ano and Fistula Ulcers
    5. Cutaneous Affections in general
    6. Diseases of the Urinary tracts
    7. Dropsy with an abnormal condition of the abdomen
    8. False Presentations and Difficult Labor
    9. Vidradhi (Abscess etc.)
    10. Erysipelas, Sinus and Diseases affecting the Mammary Glands of women
    11. Glands, Scrofula, Tumors and Goiter
    12. Hydrocele, Hernia, Scrotal Tumors, Upadamśa and Elephantiasis
    13. Kshudra-Roga
    14. Śuka-dosha
    15. Fracture and Dislocation etc.
    16. Mukha-Roga (Diseases which affect the cavity of the mouth in general)
  3. Śārīrasthāna (Section on Anatomy)
    1. The Science of Being in General
    2. Purification of Semen and Cataminal fluid etc.
    3. Pregnancy etc.
    4. The development of Factors in the womb
    5. The Anatomy of the Human body
    6. The Marmas or Vital parts of the body
    7. The Description and Classification of Sirā or the Vascular System
    8. The method of Venesection
    9. The Description of the Arteries, Nerves and Ducts
    10. Nursing and Management etc. of Pregnant Women
  4. Chikitsāsthāna (Section on Therapeutics)
    1. The two kinds of inflamed Ulcers
    2. The medical treatment of Traumatic Wounds or Sores
    3. The medical treatment of Fractures and Dislocations
    4. The medical treatment of Vāta-Vyādhi or Nervous disorders
    5. The medical treatment of Mahā-Vāta-Vyādhi
    6. The medical treatment of Arśas (Hemorrhoids)
    7. The medical treatment of Aśmari (Urinary Calculus etc.)
    8. The medical treatment of Bhagandara (Fistula-in-ano etc.)
    9. The medical treatment of Kushtha (Cutaneous Affections in general)
    10. The medical treatment of Mahā-Kushtha (Major Cutaneous Affections)
    11. The medical treatment of Prameha (Diseases of the Urinary tracts)
    12. The medical treatment of Prameha-Pidakā (the Abscesses or Eruptions which mark the sequel of a case of Prameha)
    13. The medical treatment of Madhu-meha
    14. The medical treatment of Udara (Dropsy with an abnormal condition of the Abdomen)
    15. The medical treatment of Mudha-Garbha (Difficult and malpresentation of the Fetus and Difficult Labor)
    16. The medical treatment of Vidradhi (Abscesses) and Tumours
    17. The medical treatment of Erysipelas etc., Sinus and Diseases of the Mammary Glands
    18. The medical treatment of Granthi (Glandular Swellings), Apachi (Scarvi), Arvuda (Tumor) and Gal-ganda (Goiter)
    19. The medical treatment of Vriddhi (Hernia, Hydrocele, Scrotal Tumor etc.), Upadamśa (Diseases of Genital Organ) and Ślipada (Elephantiasis)
    20. The medical treatment of Kshudra-Roga (Minor Ailments)
    21. The medical treatment of the Sores on the Penis produced by the Śuka
    22. The medical treatment of the Affections of the Mouth
    23. The medical treatment of Śopha (Swellings)
    24. The Rules of Hygiene and the Prophylactic Measures
    25. The medical treatment of a Variety of Diseases
    26. The medical treatment for increasing the Strength and the Virile Power of weak persons
    27. The Recipes and Modes of using Elixirs and Rejuvenators
    28. The Elixirs and Remedial Agents
    29. The Restorative and the Constructive Agents
    30. The Tonic Remedies which remove Mental and Physical Distress
    31. The medicinal uses of Sneha etc.
    32. The medical treatment by measures of Sveda (Fomentations, Diaphoretic measures etc.)
    33. The Distresses which prove amenable to the use of Purgatives and Emetics
    34. The treatment of the Disorders resulting from an Injudicious Use of Emetics and Purgatives
    35. The Dimensions and Classifications of a Netra and a Vasti with their therapeutic applications
    36. The medical treatment of the mishaps which are consequent on the Injudicious Application of the Pipe and the Vasti
    37. The treatment with Anuvāsana-Vasti and Uttara-Vasti
    38. The mode of applying, as well as the treatment with a Nirudha-Vasti
    39. The treatment of distressing Symptoms which are manifested in a patient
    40. The treatment which consists in employing the Dhuma (Fumes), Nasya (Snuffs) and Kavala (Gargles)
  5. Kalpasthāna (Section on Toxicology)
    1. The mode of Preserving Food and Drink from the effects of Poison
    2. The Indications (Effects, Nature and Operations) of Sthāvara Poisons
    3. The Subject (the nature, virtue etc.) of Animal Poisons
    4. The Specific Features of the Poison of Snake-bite
    5. The medical treatment of Snake-bites
    6. Cases of Rat-poisoning
    7. Treatment with the Sounds of a (medicated) Drum etc., possessed of Anti-venomous Virtues
    8. On insects i.e., the measures etc. to be adopted in cases of Insect-bites, etc.
  6. Uttaratantra
    1. Diseases of the eyes etc.
    2. Pathology of the diseases of the eye-joints
    3. Pathology of the diseases of the eye-lids
    4. Pathology of the diseases of the sclerotic coat
    5. Pathology of the diseases of the black part of the eye
    6. Pathology of the diseases affecting the eyes as a whole
    7. Pathology of the diseases of the Pupil
    8. Classification and treatment of ocular affections
    9. Treatment of Vātaja Ophthalmia
    10. Treatment of Pittaja Ophthalmia
    11. Treatment of Śleshmaja Ophthalmia
    12. Treatment of Raktaja Ophthalmia
    13. Treatment of Lekhya-roga
    14. Treatment of the eye diseases which require incision
    15. Treatment of the eye diseases which require excision
    16. Treatment of diseases peculiar to eye-lashes and eye-lids
    17. Treatment of diseases of pupil and crystalline lens
    18. Preparations and medicinal measures for ocular affections in general
    19. Treatment of hurt or injury to the eye
    20. Causes and symptoms of Ear-disease
    21. Medical Treatment of Ear-disease
    22. Causes and symptoms of diseases of the nose
    23. Therapeutics of nasal diseases
    24. Symptoms and treatment of Catarrh
    25. Symptoms of diseases of the head
    26. Treatment of diseases of the head
    27. Specific features of nine malignant Grahas
    28. Therapeutics of an attack by Skanda Graha
    29. Therapeutics of an attack by Skandāpasmāra
    30. Treatment of an attack by Śakuni-graha
    31. Therapeutics of an attack by Revati-graha
    32. Treatment of an attack by Putanā-graha
    33. Treatment of Andha-putanā-graha
    34. Treatment of an attack by Śita-putanā
    35. Treatment of an attack by Mukha-mandikā
    36. Treatment of an attack by Naigamesha
    37. Origin of nine Grahas
    38. Symptoms and Therapeutics of the diseases of the female organ of generation
    39. Symptoms and Treatment of Fever
    40. Symptoms and Treatment of Diarrhea
    41. Symptoms and Treatment of Phthisis
    42. Symptoms and Treatment of Gulma
    43. Symptoms and Treatment of Heart-disease
    44. Symptoms and Treatment of Jaundice etc.
    45. Symptoms and Treatment of Haemorrhage
    46. Symptoms and Treatment of Fainting fits
    47. Symptoms and Treatment of Alcoholism
    48. Symptoms and Treatment of Thirst
    49. Symptoms and Treatment of Vomiting
    50. Symptoms and Treatment of Hiccup
    51. Symptoms and Treatment of Asthma
    52. Symptoms and Treatment of Cough
    53. Symptoms and Treatment of Hoarseness
    54. Symptoms and Treatment of Worms
    55. Symptoms and Treatment of Udāvartta
    56. Symptoms and Treatment of Visuchikā
    57. Symptoms and Treatment of Arochaka
    58. Symptoms and Treatment of suppression of Urine
    59. Symptoms and Treatment of the defects of Urine
    60. Symptoms and Treatment of the diseases brought on through Superhuman influences
    61. Symptoms and Treatment of Apasmāra
    62. Symptoms and Treatment of Insanity
    63. Different Combinations of six different Rasas
    64. Rules of Health
    65. The Technical terms used in the treatise
    66. The different Modifications of the different Doshas

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