CONTRIBUTION OF SUSHRUTA IN DRAVYAGUNA w.s.r .t DRAVYA-SANGRAHANIYA-ADHYAYA

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Journal name: International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Original article title: CONTRIBUTION OF SUSHRUTA IN DRAVYAGUNA w.s.r .t DRAVYA-SANGRAHANIYA-ADHYAYA
The International Ayurvedic Medical Journal (IAMJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific publication dedicated to Ayurveda. It aims to integrate Ayurvedic concepts with modern scientific understanding, offering a comprehensive source of validated knowledge for both the modern Ayurvedic community and the broader medical fraternity.

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Reju Krishnan
Krishna Kishore kumar
Deepa K.K
Indira Venu


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Year: 2023

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Acharya Sushruta was an ancient Indian physician and the world's first surgeon known today as the "Father of Surgery" for inventing and developing surgical procedures. His work Sushruta samhita is one of the most ancient, encyclopedic classical books based on Dhanwantariya sampradaya (ancient surgical school) of Ayurveda. He is the first and last author to describe the method of dissection of human cadavers. Though Sushruta samhita mainly deals with Surgery, Acharya Sushruta has shown his legitimatic classification & description of the Dravyaguna subject by classifying, so also by introducing several drugs which are added and increase in the ayurvedic pharmacopoeia than earlier texts and has classified them in a logical manner. The text includes a holistic approach towards the group of drugs under different vargas that have similarities in several aspects like Aakruti, Karma , etc. This paper gives a brief description of the Dravya sangrahaniya adhyayaof sushruta samhitasutra sthana 38 th chapter. Keywords: Susrutha samhita, Dravyaguna , Dravya sangrahaniya, Legitimate, Cadavers INTERNATIONAL AYURVEDIC MEDICAL JOURNAL Reju Krishnan et al

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