Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. \"well heard\" ) was an ancient Indian physician, known as the main author of the treatise The Compendium of Suśruta (Sanskrit: Suśruta-saṃhitā) (ca. 600 BCE). The Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic text, represents him as a son of Rishi Vishvamitra, which coincides with the present recension of Sushruta Samhita. Kunjalal Bhisagratna opined that it is safe to assume that Sushruta was of the race of Vishvamitra.The Suśruta-saṃhitā is one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, but the translator G. D. Singhal dubbed Suśruta \"the father of surgery\" on account of the extraordinarily accurate and details accounts of surgery to be found in the work. He has also been called \"the first plastic surgeon\".The Compendium of Suśruta locates its author in Varanasi, and recounts that Suśruta learned medicine and surgery from the king of that city, Divodāsa, who was an incarnation of the god of medicine Dhanvantari."@en }
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- Sushruta abstract "Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. \"well heard\" ) was an ancient Indian physician, known as the main author of the treatise The Compendium of Suśruta (Sanskrit: Suśruta-saṃhitā) (ca. 600 BCE). The Mahabharata, an ancient Indian epic text, represents him as a son of Rishi Vishvamitra, which coincides with the present recension of Sushruta Samhita. Kunjalal Bhisagratna opined that it is safe to assume that Sushruta was of the race of Vishvamitra.The Suśruta-saṃhitā is one of the most important surviving ancient treatises on medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda. The treatise addresses all aspects of general medicine, but the translator G. D. Singhal dubbed Suśruta \"the father of surgery\" on account of the extraordinarily accurate and details accounts of surgery to be found in the work. He has also been called \"the first plastic surgeon\".The Compendium of Suśruta locates its author in Varanasi, and recounts that Suśruta learned medicine and surgery from the king of that city, Divodāsa, who was an incarnation of the god of medicine Dhanvantari.".