Sushruta Jayanti

July 17, 2023

The All-India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) organized a three days seminar called “Shalyacon” on the auspicious occasion of Sushruta Jayanti-2023.
Sushruta Jayanti is celebrated every year on 15^th July to honour the legendary Sushruta, hailed as the father of surgery.
He created and developed surgical procedures, documented in the Sushruta Samhita, an ancient text on plastic surgery.
- Medical knowledge is found in the Charak Samhita and Ashtanga Samhita.
- Sushruta, Charaka, and Vagbhata together are considered to be “The Trinity” of Ayurvedic knowledge.
Sushruta Samhita is divided into two parts-
- Purva Tantra gives the signs and symptoms of important surgical diseases, obstetrics, geriatrics, anatomy
- Uttara tantra gives account of various diseases of ear, eye, head and nose and solutions to complications that may arise out of surgery.
He also trained students, known as the Saushrutas, in surgical techniques and emphasized anatomical studies and the use of surgical instruments.
He described upakarmas (treatments for wounds), surgical instruments, and procedures.