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e. The Charaka Samhita ( IAST: Caraka-Saṃhitā, “Compendium of Charaka ”) is a Sanskrit text on Ayurveda (Indian traditional medicine). [1] [2] Along with the Sushruta Samhita, it is one of the two foundational texts of this field that have survived from ancient India. [3] [4] [5] It is one of the three works that constitute the Brhat Trayi .
The Suśrutasaṃhitā is of great historical importance because it includes historically unique chapters describing surgical training, instruments and procedures which is still followed by modern science of surgery. [2] [5] [page needed] One of the oldest Sushruta Samhita palm-leaf manuscripts is preserved at the Kaiser Library, Nepal. [6]
NCERT textbook controversies. The National Council of Educational Research and Training ( NCERT) is an apex resource organisation set up by the Government of India to assist and advise the central and state governments on academic matters related to school education. The model textbooks published by the council for adoption by school systems ...
The journey in The Discovery of India begins from ancient history, leading up to the last years of the British Raj. Nehru uses his knowledge of the Upanishads, Vedas, and textbooks on ancient history to introduce to the reader the development of India from the Indus Valley civilization, through the changes in socio-political scenario every foreign invader brought, to the present day conditions ...
National Council of Educational Research and Training ( NCERT) ( Hindi: राष्ट्रीय शैक्षिक अनुसंधान और प्रशिक्षण परिषद) is an autonomous organisation of Ministry of Education, the Government of India. Established in 1961, it is a literary, scientific and charitable Society under the Societies Registration Act. [a ...
The division into 15, 150, and 180 of books, chapters and topics respectively was probably not accidental, states Olivelle, because ancient authors of major Hindu texts favor certain numbers, such as 18 Parvas in the epic Mahabharata. [33] The largest book is the second, with 1,285 sentences, while the smallest is eleventh, with 56 sentences.
The text is divided into seven chapters. The first six chapters, Svaragatadhyaya, Ragavivekadhyaya, Prakirnakadhyaya, Prabandhadhyaya, Taladhyaya and Vadyadhyaya deal with the various aspects of music and musical instruments, while the last chapter Nartanadhyaya deals with dance. The medieval era text is one of the most complete historical Indian treatises on the structure, technique, and ...
Devanagari ( / ˌdeɪvəˈnɑːɡəri / DAY-və-NAH-gər-ee; देवनागरी, IAST: Devanāgarī, Sanskrit pronunciation: [deːʋɐˈnaːɡɐriː]) is an Indic script used in the northern Indian subcontinent. Also simply called Nāgari ( Sanskrit : नागरि, Nāgari ), [8] it is a left-to-right abugida (a type of segmental writing system ), [9] based on the ancient Brāhmi ...