There is a slight confusion while counting the Aksharas or the number of letters in the Vedic Mantras.
What is being passed on as a Mantra containing a specified number of Letters are at variance when the
Mantra is written.....
They have strict parameters where the Sound rather than Grammar or literary worth is given importance.
The Seven main Chandas(loosely translated as Meters) are,
Several types of knives and needles have been described depending upon their use and tissues concerned.
He taught his pupils how to make incisions on the abdomen by using a pumpkin for demonstration purposes. It is believed that the following ingenious method for suturing the severed ends of intestine was employed.
The cut ends of the intestine were apposed to each other and big black ants, collected specifically for this purpose were made to bite the apposed ends and their heads severed when their pincers had closed. T
hus the pincers remained 'in situ' due to rigor mortis retaining the cut ends of the intestine in apposition for some time.
The heads and the pincers of the ants being organic matter got digested in due course of time, not unlike the catgut of the present day surgery.
His works were translated into Arabic by the 8th century A.D. and called " Kitab-i- Susrud ".
There is adequate evidence that in ancient India, anatomical study of the human body was carried out.
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