A Perspective for Susruta Samhita
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A suggestion was made recently that the account of dissection of the cadaver present in Susruta Samhita is probably not in the true tradition of Ayurveda and the art of dissection itself is presumably of the Greek origin. By a closer scrutiny of the Text and its internal evidence, it has been shown here that this contention is likely to be not only incorrect but also unwarranted. In this connection a rather new perspective, which may probably be better than usual to evaluate the Samita itself is posited.
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دوره 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1984