This is a project focussed on the critical study of the earliest manuscripts of the Compendium of Suśruta, a medical encyclopedia composed in Sanskrit two millennia ago󠇟󠇠󠇡󠇢󠆡󠄠󠅔︆󠆌󠆓󠇡󠄫󠇣󠄤󠅑󠅖󠆏󠅪󠆆󠅞󠆬󠇮󠇏󠇢󠅄󠅪󠇘󠅐︁󠇖󠇠󠆏󠄺󠆧󠇉󠆷󠅞󠆕󠅹󠄿󠇬󠆉󠆤󠆥.󠄳󠄢󠅀󠄱󠅄󠅈󠅄︀︁︀︀︈󠄉︀︀︈󠄉󠅚󠅥󠅝󠅒󠅫󠄒󠅓󠅟󠅣󠅕󠅏󠅣󠅙󠅗󠅞󠄡󠄒󠄪󠄒󠅘󠄵󠄿󠅘󠄱󠅃󠅕󠅗󠅇󠅁󠅆󠄛󠅠󠅇󠅘󠄱󠅉󠄢󠄩󠅥󠅔󠄷󠅆󠄤󠅔󠄸󠅗󠅠󠅑󠄸󠅂󠄠󠅓󠄸󠄽󠄦󠄼󠅩󠄩󠅚󠄽󠅞󠄲󠅘󠄼󠅝󠄩󠅩󠅊󠅩󠄩󠅪󠅉󠄢󠅘󠅜󠅒󠅇󠄶󠅪󠄼󠄣󠅉󠅩󠄼󠅚󠄽󠅦󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅡󠅓󠄢󠄩󠅥󠅒󠄷󠅂󠅢󠅑󠅇󠄥󠅪󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅥󠅉󠄢󠅆󠅖󠅑󠅇󠅂󠄤󠄺󠄴󠄹󠅩󠄽󠄴󠅓󠄠󠅊󠅄󠅂󠅚󠄼󠅄󠄹󠄤󠄽󠅪󠅅󠅤󠄾󠄴󠅛󠄠󠄽󠅃󠄠󠄥󠄽󠅝󠄵󠅩󠄼󠅄󠄽󠄥󠅊󠄴󠅅󠄢󠅊󠅚󠅓󠄠󠅉󠅪󠅊󠅛󠅊󠅝󠅤󠅚󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅠󠅒󠅆󠄩󠅣󠅉󠅇󠄺󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄡󠅚󠄽󠅞󠄲󠅘󠄼󠅝󠄾󠅣󠅉󠅇󠅜󠅤󠄼󠅞󠅉󠅩󠅒󠄢󠄾󠅣󠅉󠅇󠅜󠅤󠅈󠄢󠅔󠅜󠅒󠅝󠅆󠅩󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅦󠅓󠅞󠅗󠅔󠅊󠅇󠄥󠅚󠅕󠅈󠄲󠅟󠅊󠅈󠄹󠅤󠅊󠅇󠄥󠄠󠅊󠅈󠄺󠅧󠅓󠅝󠅜󠅪󠅊󠅃󠄡󠅘󠅓󠄷󠅛󠅦󠄽󠅃󠄤󠅧󠄼󠅚󠄺󠅡󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅪󠅊󠅈󠄺󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅓󠄤󠅑󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅒󠄢󠄽󠅩󠅓󠄷󠄵󠅥󠅉󠅇󠄾󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅓󠅩󠄥󠄢󠄽󠅝󠅂󠅛󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅘󠅟󠅇󠅔󠅘󠅉󠄣󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄥󠅪󠅗󠅡󠄾󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅣󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅚󠅓󠅝󠅆󠅘󠅔󠄷󠅆󠅛󠅊󠄸󠅔󠅟󠅊󠅇󠄥󠄠󠄽󠅚󠄱󠅩󠄾󠅙󠄠󠅧󠄽󠅩󠄠󠅧󠄾󠅜󠅁󠅩󠄽󠅄󠅟󠅩󠄽󠅪󠅟󠄠󠄾󠄡󠅠󠅤󠅓󠄢󠄩󠅝󠅔󠄸󠅔󠅘󠅓󠅝󠅆󠄲󠅊󠄢󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄸󠅔󠄶󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄲󠄶󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅜󠅓󠅞󠄲󠅩󠅑󠅈󠄾󠅜󠄹󠄵󠄶󠅁󠅃󠅑󠅂󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅧󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠄣󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅜󠅓󠅝󠄡󠅘󠅓󠅝󠅤󠅜󠅊󠄷󠅂󠄣󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄴󠄹󠅧󠄽󠅚󠅉󠅤󠄽󠄴󠄽󠅤󠄽󠄴󠅊󠅅󠄽󠅚󠄵󠄦󠄽󠅚󠄽󠄦󠄾󠄴󠅔󠅑󠅒󠅈󠄾󠅦󠅊󠅞󠅂󠄣󠅉󠅈󠄺󠅜󠅁󠅇󠅔󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠄤󠄸󠅇󠅆󠅥󠅉󠄣󠅜󠅧󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅩󠄼󠅇󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄷󠅆󠅩󠅓󠄸󠄺󠅠󠅓󠄢󠅅󠅤󠅉󠅈󠄲󠅠󠄼󠅪󠄵󠅥󠄽󠄳󠄤󠅩󠅑󠄢󠅂󠅜󠅓󠄢󠄾󠅩󠅑󠅈󠄲󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅕󠄳󠄩󠅅󠅊󠅈󠅘󠄠󠄹󠄷󠅆󠅤󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅛󠅊󠄷󠅆󠅛󠄹󠄸󠅔󠅠󠅔󠄷󠅗󠅗󠅆󠅇󠄥󠅠󠅉󠄢󠄩󠅛󠅊󠅃󠄲󠄢󠅉󠅈󠄺󠅠󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄤󠅗󠅓󠄢󠅆󠅣󠅊󠅇󠄾󠄠󠅒󠄣󠄺󠅪󠄼󠅝󠅂󠅢󠅑󠅇󠄥󠅛󠅊󠄠󠄶󠅚󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅞󠄿󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅒󠅇󠄽󠅩󠅓󠄷󠄵󠅥󠅒󠅇󠅆󠄠󠅉󠅇󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠅆󠅟󠅁󠄷󠄾󠅦󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅜󠅕󠄸󠅂󠅩󠅑󠄸󠅂󠄠󠅓󠄸󠄽󠄦󠄼󠅩󠄩󠅪󠅉󠄢󠅘󠅜󠅒󠅇󠄵󠅥󠅒󠄣󠄺󠅞󠅊󠅅󠄲󠄠󠅕󠅈󠄲󠅜󠅒󠄵󠄾󠅩󠅊󠅇󠄶󠄠󠅑󠅈󠅊󠅜󠅆󠄢󠄩󠅩󠅑󠄢󠅠󠅠󠅊󠄷󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅝󠅑󠅇󠅆󠅩󠅓󠅇󠅂󠅦󠅉󠄡󠄨󠅨󠄾󠅪󠅓󠅩󠄿󠄴󠄽󠅩󠄽󠅚󠄹󠄣󠄽󠄴󠄽󠄥󠅊󠄷󠄥󠅘󠅒󠅇󠅆󠅨󠅊󠄷󠄩󠅚󠅈󠅪󠄵󠄣󠄾󠅪󠄹󠄤󠄽󠅪󠄹󠅩󠄽󠅚󠅓󠅧󠄽󠅪󠅜󠅠󠅓󠄸󠅆󠅙󠅒󠄷󠅜󠅪󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅩󠅟󠅝󠅆󠄱󠅔󠄸󠅜󠅧󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅀󠅓󠅝󠅔󠅘󠅒󠅝󠅜󠄦󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄥󠅡󠅑󠅇󠅂󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅠󠅊󠅝󠅜󠅜󠅓󠅞󠄲󠅁󠅊󠅈󠄺󠅪󠅒󠄢󠄥󠅘󠅒󠄳󠄲󠄲󠅉󠄢󠄾󠅦󠅔󠅇󠄥󠄠󠅊󠄷󠅤󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅟󠅄󠅇󠅆󠄠󠅉󠅇󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄷󠄷󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅓󠄢󠄩󠅩󠅊󠅩󠄥󠅜󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄥󠅪󠅔󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅔󠅈󠄾󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠄺󠄠󠅓󠄣󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄸󠅆󠅪󠅄󠄷󠅜󠅪󠅔󠄵󠄾󠅩󠅊󠅇󠅂󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅠󠅉󠅇󠅨󠄤󠅅󠅝󠅘󠄠󠅔󠄸󠄲󠅪󠄿󠅙󠄨󠅦󠅔󠅝󠅆󠅩󠅑󠅇󠅊󠄥󠄼󠅝󠅆󠅥󠅉󠄣󠅜󠅧󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅩󠅉󠅇󠅛󠅥󠅉󠄢󠄩󠅤󠄼󠄣󠄾󠄠󠅉󠅈󠅂󠄡󠅓󠅩󠄩󠄢󠄽󠅃󠄩󠅣󠅑󠅈󠄾󠄠󠅓󠅩󠄨󠄣󠅉󠅪󠅁󠅩󠄾󠅄󠄾󠅜󠄽󠄳󠄠󠄤󠅊󠅄󠅅󠅨󠄼󠅄󠅁󠄠󠅉󠅝󠅁󠅤󠄿󠅄󠄲󠅚󠄾󠄳󠄡󠅛󠄾󠅪󠄵󠄣󠄽󠅚󠅁󠅨󠄽󠄢󠄽󠄥󠄾󠄷󠅊󠅦󠅓󠄣󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄸󠅆󠅪󠅄󠄷󠅜󠅪󠅔󠄵󠅜󠅥󠅊󠄷󠅆󠄤󠅉󠅄󠄲󠅛󠅑󠄢󠅜󠅥󠅊󠄷󠄩󠄴󠅔󠅈󠄾󠄠󠅒󠄢󠄡󠄲󠅓󠄣󠄾󠅜󠅓󠅞󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄦󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅔󠅝󠄾󠅦󠅒󠅃󠄥󠅜󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄥󠅤󠅊󠅈󠄺󠅢󠅒󠄷󠅅󠅥󠅔󠅚󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠅂󠅠󠅓󠅝󠄩󠅦󠅔󠄶󠄩󠅟󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅟󠅕󠄵󠄲󠅛󠄾󠅄󠅗󠄥󠄾󠄢󠄺󠅙󠄽󠅚󠄱󠅪󠄿󠅄󠅘󠅝󠄿󠄴󠅗󠅨󠅉󠅚󠄹󠄣󠅊󠅇󠅁󠄤󠄽󠅇󠄾󠅛󠄿󠅇󠄺󠅛󠅉󠅚󠄱󠅨󠄽󠄴󠄶󠅝󠄽󠅪󠄽󠅩󠅊󠅚󠄹󠅩󠄾󠅝󠄾󠅘󠅉󠅄󠄵󠅨󠅉󠅄󠅘󠅚󠅊󠅝󠅆󠅙󠄽󠅇󠅅󠅪󠄽󠅇󠄶󠅝󠄾󠅪󠄹󠅨󠄽󠅪󠄾󠅛󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅦󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅣󠅈󠄣󠄾󠅜󠅊󠄢󠄡󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅪󠄱󠅇󠅔󠅩󠅒󠄢󠄩󠄠󠅈󠄢󠅜󠅛󠅕󠄳󠅁󠄢󠄾󠄷󠅁󠄣󠄿󠄷󠅆󠅝󠄽󠅩󠄠󠅨󠄽󠅪󠅉󠅩󠄼󠅄󠅁󠅨󠅉󠅇󠅁󠅤󠄿󠅇󠅂󠅘󠅉󠅙󠄠󠄥󠄽󠅚󠄶󠅚󠄾󠅪󠄹󠄠󠄿󠅄󠅘󠅝󠅊󠅇󠅆󠅩󠅓󠄢󠅆󠅞󠅒󠅇󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅈󠄢󠅨󠅜󠅔󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅑󠅈󠄲󠅘󠅓󠅝󠄶󠅞󠅓󠅝󠄶󠅧󠅑󠄷󠅂󠅢󠅑󠅇󠄥󠅛󠅒󠄠󠄾󠄡󠅓󠄣󠅂󠅦󠅒󠅅󠄶󠅪󠅓󠄢󠅆󠅩󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅡󠄾󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅨󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅟󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅟󠄼󠅝󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄷󠄵󠅥󠅔󠅚󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠄾󠅛󠅑󠄷󠄶󠅪󠅑󠄸󠅘󠄱󠄾󠄢󠄾󠅝󠄽󠅝󠄵󠅩󠄽󠅚󠄾󠅜󠄽󠅝󠄹󠄢󠄾󠄷󠄾󠅙󠄾󠅄󠄲󠅛󠄿󠅄󠅜󠅜󠄽󠅝󠅂󠅙󠄽󠅚󠅗󠅪󠅉󠅝󠅊󠅝󠅉󠅝󠅉󠄡󠄿󠅄󠅓󠅧󠄿󠅄󠅁󠄢󠄾󠅇󠅉󠅪󠄽󠅚󠅛󠅩󠄿󠄴󠅓󠄥󠄽󠄴󠄱󠄡󠄾󠄴󠅂󠅚󠅊󠅄󠅁󠅩󠄽󠄴󠄹󠅧󠄽󠄷󠅅󠅩󠄾󠅇󠄾󠅘󠅒󠄷󠅔󠅝󠅓󠄢󠅘󠅘󠄽󠅚󠅅󠄢󠅑󠅝󠅆󠄤󠅉󠄢󠅨󠄡󠅓󠄢󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅞󠄿󠄲󠅟󠅝󠅆󠅪󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅩󠅔󠄲󠅛󠄲󠅇󠄷󠅊󠅣󠅊󠅇󠄥󠅞󠅔󠄷󠅗󠅊󠄹󠄺󠄾󠅛󠅑󠄢󠅜󠅥󠅊󠄷󠅤󠄴󠅒󠄢󠄥󠄠󠅊󠅇󠄥󠄠󠅃󠄷󠄶󠅪󠅑󠄻󠄾󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠄠󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅪󠅒󠄢󠅊󠄠󠅈󠄢󠄺󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅓󠅥󠅔󠅚󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠄺󠅚󠅉󠅇󠅨󠅞󠅕󠄳󠅊󠅜󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄥󠄡󠅒󠅝󠅜󠅚󠅒󠄢󠅂󠅜󠅈󠄣󠅊󠅘󠅓󠅝󠅜󠅘󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅜󠄩󠅪󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅜󠅉󠄣󠅂󠅦󠅓󠅙󠄥󠄢󠄽󠅇󠅂󠅟󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅟󠅕󠄵󠄲󠅛󠄾󠄴󠄹󠅩󠅉󠅄󠅔󠅜󠄿󠅄󠅊󠅘󠄽󠄷󠅅󠄢󠅉󠅪󠅜󠅜󠅉󠅚󠅁󠅨󠄽󠅪󠄽󠄥󠅉󠅄󠄺󠅝󠅊󠅇󠅊󠅝󠅊󠅚󠅅󠅩󠄽󠅝󠅁󠅨󠅊󠅄󠅗󠄠󠅊󠅝󠅊󠅘󠅊󠄴󠅗󠅨󠄾󠅪󠅉󠄠󠄿󠅄󠅂󠅚󠅉󠅄󠄶󠅝󠄾󠄢󠄺󠅛󠄾󠅄󠅔󠅘󠄾󠄢󠅁󠅪󠄾󠄢󠅅󠄥󠅊󠄷󠅤󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅢󠅅󠄢󠄩󠅝󠅔󠄵󠄺󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅔󠅉󠅁󠅀󠅂󠅜󠄥󠅇󠅕󠄳󠄴󠅪󠄡󠄹󠄾󠅞󠄢󠄿󠄷󠄤󠅟󠄨󠄸󠄦󠅝󠄷󠅝󠄾󠅤󠅟󠄶󠄨󠅅󠅃󠅞󠄼󠅖󠅖󠄛󠅘󠅑󠅦󠄲󠄠󠅧󠅚󠅣󠄣󠅁󠅜󠅇󠅊󠄱󠅑󠅝󠅚󠅞󠄸󠄸󠅙󠅔󠄣󠄹󠄢󠄾󠅝󠅂󠅞󠄶󠄠󠄺󠅠󠅊󠅓󠅤󠅜󠅞󠅡󠄿󠅨󠄻󠅃󠄩󠅈󠄳󠄛󠅩󠅁󠄹󠄭󠄒󠄜󠄒󠅖󠅟󠅢󠅝󠅑󠅤󠄒󠄪󠄒󠅓󠄢󠅠󠅑󠄒󠄜󠄒󠅣󠅙󠅗󠅞󠅕󠅢󠅏󠅙󠅔󠄒󠄪󠄒󠅥󠅣󠅕󠅢󠅏󠄧󠅖󠄧󠄧󠄨󠄡󠅕󠄡󠄝󠄧󠄡󠅔󠄡󠄝󠄤󠅖󠄧󠅑󠄝󠅒󠄢󠅕󠄤󠄝󠄣󠄠󠅓󠅑󠅕󠄤󠄡󠅕󠅑󠅖󠄠󠅑󠄒󠅭

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👉 Read the draft translation

• The Draft Translation of selected chapters (updated twice weekly): Free PDF download.

👉 Read the Sanskrit text of Suśruta’s Compendium in its Nepalese Version

The online digital edition of the Nepalese version of the Compendium of Suśruta is published using Saktumiva, a system written by Dr Charles Li for editing and publishing Sanskrit critical editions. There are two major releases of Saktumiva, 1.0 and 2.0 (in development, Feb 2026). You can read the edition of the Suśrutasaṃhitā through either interface.

1. Table of contents (Saktumiva 1.0).
2. Table of contents (Saktumiva 2.0)

These two interfaces present the same Suśrutasaṃhitā edition derived from the same manuscript witnesses, but their interfaces have different affordances, especially for editors. Both the Saktumiva 1.0 and 2.0 versions of the edition have their particular strengths. Version 2.0 is still in development (March 2026).

👉 See images of the oldest manuscript and its transcription

The diplomatic transcription of the oldest surviving manuscript, MS Kathmandu Kaiser Library 699, with facing manuscript images:

1. Sūtrasthāna
2. Nidānasthāna. Missing from KL 699 except for part of the last adhyāya.
3. Śārīrasthāna. Missing from KL 699.
4. Cikitsāsthāna. Missing from KL 699 up to adhyāya 18.
5. Kalpasthāna.
6. Uttaratantra.

👉 Read about the two projects

Project 2 (2025-2029)

• Project 2: “The Compendium of Suśruta in Time and Space”

The team focussed on the current project, “The Compendium of Suśruta in Time and Space” (2025-2029) is hard at work (March 2026). Read the project blog posts for news.

Project 1 (2020-2024)

• Project 1: “The Textual and Cultural History of Medicine in South Asia based on Newly-Discovered Manuscript Evidence”

The first Suśruta Project came to an end in April 2024. Project publications in print and digital media can be accessed from Project Outputs on the main Project 1 website. At the time of writing (Feb 2026) work continues on writing and publishing project results. The most recent publication is Brooks, ““On Leeches” in a Medical Treatise for Humans,” (2026) DOI. Another project book is under consideration with a publisher.

Citation and archiving

This page is archived at Zenodo and can be cited as follows:

• Dominik Wujastyk. (2026). “The Suśruta Project: Starting Page”. Zenodo. http://sushrutaproject.github.io, archived at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18868989

Copyright and Licensing

All files in this Github repository are copyrighted (C) Dominik Wujastyk 2021. They are distributed under a Creative Commons BY-SA licence.