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.󠄳󠄢󠅀󠄱󠅄󠅈󠅄︀︁︀︀︈󠄉︀︀︈󠄉󠅚󠅥󠅝󠅒󠅫󠄒󠅓󠅟󠅣󠅕󠅏󠅣󠅙󠅗󠅞󠄡󠄒󠄪󠄒󠅘󠄵󠄿󠅘󠄱󠅃󠅕󠅗󠅇󠅁󠅆󠄛󠅠󠅇󠅘󠄱󠅉󠄢󠄩󠅥󠅔󠄷󠅆󠄤󠅔󠄸󠅗󠅠󠅑󠄸󠅂󠄠󠅓󠄸󠄽󠄦󠄼󠅩󠄩󠅚󠄽󠅞󠄲󠅘󠄼󠅝󠄩󠅩󠅊󠅩󠄩󠅪󠅉󠄢󠅘󠅜󠅒󠅇󠄶󠅪󠄼󠄣󠅉󠅩󠄼󠅚󠄽󠅦󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅡󠅓󠄢󠄩󠅥󠅒󠄷󠅂󠅢󠅑󠅇󠄥󠅪󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅥󠅉󠄢󠅆󠅖󠅑󠅇󠅂󠄤󠄺󠄴󠄹󠅩󠄽󠄴󠅓󠄠󠅊󠅄󠅂󠅚󠄼󠅄󠄹󠄤󠄽󠅪󠅅󠅤󠄾󠄴󠅛󠄠󠄽󠅃󠄠󠄥󠄽󠅝󠄵󠅩󠄼󠅄󠄽󠄥󠅊󠄴󠅅󠄢󠅊󠅚󠅓󠄠󠅉󠅪󠅊󠅛󠅊󠅝󠅤󠅚󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅠󠅒󠅆󠄩󠅣󠅉󠅇󠄺󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄡󠅚󠄽󠅞󠄲󠅘󠄼󠅝󠄾󠅣󠅉󠅇󠅜󠅤󠄼󠅞󠅉󠅩󠅒󠄢󠄾󠅣󠅉󠅇󠅜󠅤󠅈󠄢󠅔󠅜󠅒󠅝󠅆󠅩󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅦󠅓󠅞󠅗󠅔󠅊󠅇󠄥󠅚󠅕󠅈󠄲󠅟󠅊󠅈󠄹󠅤󠅊󠅇󠄥󠄠󠅊󠅈󠄺󠅧󠅓󠅝󠅜󠅪󠅊󠅃󠄡󠅘󠅓󠄷󠅛󠅦󠄽󠅃󠄤󠅧󠄼󠅚󠄺󠅡󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅪󠅊󠅈󠄺󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅓󠄤󠅑󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅒󠄢󠄽󠅩󠅓󠄷󠄵󠅥󠅉󠅇󠄾󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅓󠅩󠄥󠄢󠄽󠅝󠅂󠅛󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅘󠅟󠅇󠅔󠅘󠅉󠄣󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄥󠅪󠅗󠅡󠄾󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅣󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅚󠅓󠅝󠅆󠅘󠅔󠄷󠅆󠅛󠅊󠄸󠅔󠅟󠅊󠅇󠄥󠄠󠄽󠅚󠄱󠅩󠄾󠅙󠄠󠅧󠄽󠅩󠄠󠅧󠄾󠅜󠅁󠅩󠄽󠅄󠅟󠅩󠄽󠅪󠅟󠄠󠄾󠄡󠅠󠅤󠅓󠄢󠄩󠅝󠅔󠄸󠅔󠅘󠅓󠅝󠅆󠄲󠅊󠄢󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄸󠅔󠄶󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄲󠄶󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅜󠅓󠅞󠄲󠅩󠅑󠅈󠄾󠅜󠄹󠄵󠄶󠅁󠅃󠅑󠅂󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅧󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠄣󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅜󠅓󠅝󠄡󠅘󠅓󠅝󠅤󠅜󠅊󠄷󠅂󠄣󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄴󠄹󠅧󠄽󠅚󠅉󠅤󠄽󠄴󠄽󠅤󠄽󠄴󠅊󠅅󠄽󠅚󠄵󠄦󠄽󠅚󠄽󠄦󠄾󠄴󠅔󠅑󠅒󠅈󠄾󠅦󠅊󠅞󠅂󠄣󠅉󠅈󠄺󠅜󠅁󠅇󠅔󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠄤󠄸󠅇󠅆󠅥󠅉󠄣󠅜󠅧󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅩󠄼󠅇󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄷󠅆󠅩󠅓󠄸󠄺󠅠󠅓󠄢󠅅󠅤󠅉󠅈󠄲󠅠󠄼󠅪󠄵󠅥󠄽󠄳󠄤󠅩󠅑󠄢󠅂󠅜󠅓󠄢󠄾󠅩󠅑󠅈󠄲󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅕󠄳󠄩󠅅󠅊󠅈󠅘󠄠󠄹󠄷󠅆󠅤󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅛󠅊󠄷󠅆󠅛󠄹󠄸󠅔󠅠󠅔󠄷󠅗󠅗󠅆󠅇󠄥󠅠󠅉󠄢󠄩󠅛󠅊󠅃󠄲󠄢󠅉󠅈󠄺󠅠󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄤󠅗󠅓󠄢󠅆󠅣󠅊󠅇󠄾󠄠󠅒󠄣󠄺󠅪󠄼󠅝󠅂󠅢󠅑󠅇󠄥󠅛󠅊󠄠󠄶󠅚󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅞󠄿󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅒󠅇󠄽󠅩󠅓󠄷󠄵󠅥󠅒󠅇󠅆󠄠󠅉󠅇󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠅆󠅟󠅁󠄷󠄾󠅦󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅜󠅕󠄸󠅂󠅩󠅑󠄸󠅂󠄠󠅓󠄸󠄽󠄦󠄼󠅩󠄩󠅪󠅉󠄢󠅘󠅜󠅒󠅇󠄵󠅥󠅒󠄣󠄺󠅞󠅊󠅅󠄲󠄠󠅕󠅈󠄲󠅜󠅒󠄵󠄾󠅩󠅊󠅇󠄶󠄠󠅑󠅈󠅊󠅜󠅆󠄢󠄩󠅩󠅑󠄢󠅠󠅠󠅊󠄷󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅝󠅑󠅇󠅆󠅩󠅓󠅇󠅂󠅦󠅉󠄡󠄨󠅨󠄾󠅪󠅓󠅩󠄿󠄴󠄽󠅩󠄽󠅚󠄹󠄣󠄽󠄴󠄽󠄥󠅊󠄷󠄥󠅘󠅒󠅇󠅆󠅨󠅊󠄷󠄩󠅚󠅈󠅪󠄵󠄣󠄾󠅪󠄹󠄤󠄽󠅪󠄹󠅩󠄽󠅚󠅓󠅧󠄽󠅪󠅜󠅠󠅓󠄸󠅆󠅙󠅒󠄷󠅜󠅪󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅩󠅟󠅝󠅆󠄱󠅔󠄸󠅜󠅧󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅀󠅓󠅝󠅔󠅘󠅒󠅝󠅜󠄦󠅉󠅈󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄥󠅡󠅑󠅇󠅂󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅠󠅊󠅝󠅜󠅜󠅓󠅞󠄲󠅁󠅊󠅈󠄺󠅪󠅒󠄢󠄥󠅘󠅒󠄳󠄲󠄲󠅉󠄢󠄾󠅦󠅔󠅇󠄥󠄠󠅊󠄷󠅤󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅟󠅄󠅇󠅆󠄠󠅉󠅇󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄷󠄷󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅓󠄢󠄩󠅩󠅊󠅩󠄥󠅜󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄥󠅪󠅔󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅔󠅈󠄾󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠄺󠄠󠅓󠄣󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄸󠅆󠅪󠅄󠄷󠅜󠅪󠅔󠄵󠄾󠅩󠅊󠅇󠅂󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅠󠅉󠅇󠅨󠄤󠅅󠅝󠅘󠄠󠅔󠄸󠄲󠅪󠄿󠅙󠄨󠅦󠅔󠅝󠅆󠅩󠅑󠅇󠅊󠄥󠄼󠅝󠅆󠅥󠅉󠄣󠅜󠅧󠅑󠄷󠅆󠅩󠅉󠅇󠅛󠅥󠅉󠄢󠄩󠅤󠄼󠄣󠄾󠄠󠅉󠅈󠅂󠄡󠅓󠅩󠄩󠄢󠄽󠅃󠄩󠅣󠅑󠅈󠄾󠄠󠅓󠅩󠄨󠄣󠅉󠅪󠅁󠅩󠄾󠅄󠄾󠅜󠄽󠄳󠄠󠄤󠅊󠅄󠅅󠅨󠄼󠅄󠅁󠄠󠅉󠅝󠅁󠅤󠄿󠅄󠄲󠅚󠄾󠄳󠄡󠅛󠄾󠅪󠄵󠄣󠄽󠅚󠅁󠅨󠄽󠄢󠄽󠄥󠄾󠄷󠅊󠅦󠅓󠄣󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄸󠅆󠅪󠅄󠄷󠅜󠅪󠅔󠄵󠅜󠅥󠅊󠄷󠅆󠄤󠅉󠅄󠄲󠅛󠅑󠄢󠅜󠅥󠅊󠄷󠄩󠄴󠅔󠅈󠄾󠄠󠅒󠄢󠄡󠄲󠅓󠄣󠄾󠅜󠅓󠅞󠅂󠅠󠅒󠄢󠄦󠅚󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅘󠅉󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅔󠅝󠄾󠅦󠅒󠅃󠄥󠅜󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄥󠅤󠅊󠅈󠄺󠅢󠅒󠄷󠅅󠅥󠅔󠅚󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠅂󠅠󠅓󠅝󠄩󠅦󠅔󠄶󠄩󠅟󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅟󠅕󠄵󠄲󠅛󠄾󠅄󠅗󠄥󠄾󠄢󠄺󠅙󠄽󠅚󠄱󠅪󠄿󠅄󠅘󠅝󠄿󠄴󠅗󠅨󠅉󠅚󠄹󠄣󠅊󠅇󠅁󠄤󠄽󠅇󠄾󠅛󠄿󠅇󠄺󠅛󠅉󠅚󠄱󠅨󠄽󠄴󠄶󠅝󠄽󠅪󠄽󠅩󠅊󠅚󠄹󠅩󠄾󠅝󠄾󠅘󠅉󠅄󠄵󠅨󠅉󠅄󠅘󠅚󠅊󠅝󠅆󠅙󠄽󠅇󠅅󠅪󠄽󠅇󠄶󠅝󠄾󠅪󠄹󠅨󠄽󠅪󠄾󠅛󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅦󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅣󠅈󠄣󠄾󠅜󠅊󠄢󠄡󠅜󠅒󠅞󠅂󠅪󠄱󠅇󠅔󠅩󠅒󠄢󠄩󠄠󠅈󠄢󠅜󠅛󠅕󠄳󠅁󠄢󠄾󠄷󠅁󠄣󠄿󠄷󠅆󠅝󠄽󠅩󠄠󠅨󠄽󠅪󠅉󠅩󠄼󠅄󠅁󠅨󠅉󠅇󠅁󠅤󠄿󠅇󠅂󠅘󠅉󠅙󠄠󠄥󠄽󠅚󠄶󠅚󠄾󠅪󠄹󠄠󠄿󠅄󠅘󠅝󠅊󠅇󠅆󠅩󠅓󠄢󠅆󠅞󠅒󠅇󠅆󠅥󠅔󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅑󠅇󠄩󠅥󠅈󠄢󠅨󠅜󠅔󠅝󠅆󠅣󠅑󠅈󠄲󠅘󠅓󠅝󠄶󠅞󠅓󠅝󠄶󠅧󠅑󠄷󠅂󠅢󠅑󠅇󠄥󠅛󠅒󠄠󠄾󠄡󠅓󠄣󠅂󠅦󠅒󠅅󠄶󠅪󠅓󠄢󠅆󠅩󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅡󠄾󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅨󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅟󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅟󠄼󠅝󠅂󠅘󠅔󠄷󠄵󠅥󠅔󠅚󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠄾󠅛󠅑󠄷󠄶󠅪󠅑󠄸󠅘󠄱󠄾󠄢󠄾󠅝󠄽󠅝󠄵󠅩󠄽󠅚󠄾󠅜󠄽󠅝󠄹󠄢󠄾󠄷󠄾󠅙󠄾󠅄󠄲󠅛󠄿󠅄󠅜󠅜󠄽󠅝󠅂󠅙󠄽󠅚󠅗󠅪󠅉󠅝󠅊󠅝󠅉󠅝󠅉󠄡󠄿󠅄󠅓󠅧󠄿󠅄󠅁󠄢󠄾󠅇󠅉󠅪󠄽󠅚󠅛󠅩󠄿󠄴󠅓󠄥󠄽󠄴󠄱󠄡󠄾󠄴󠅂󠅚󠅊󠅄󠅁󠅩󠄽󠄴󠄹󠅧󠄽󠄷󠅅󠅩󠄾󠅇󠄾󠅘󠅒󠄷󠅔󠅝󠅓󠄢󠅘󠅘󠄽󠅚󠅅󠄢󠅑󠅝󠅆󠄤󠅉󠄢󠅨󠄡󠅓󠄢󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅞󠄿󠄲󠅟󠅝󠅆󠅪󠅔󠄷󠄶󠅩󠅔󠄲󠅛󠄲󠅇󠄷󠅊󠅣󠅊󠅇󠄥󠅞󠅔󠄷󠅗󠅊󠄹󠄺󠄾󠅛󠅑󠄢󠅜󠅥󠅊󠄷󠅤󠄴󠅒󠄢󠄥󠄠󠅊󠅇󠄥󠄠󠅃󠄷󠄶󠅪󠅑󠄻󠄾󠅜󠅒󠄷󠄶󠅙󠅊󠅇󠅨󠄠󠅉󠅪󠄺󠅧󠅉󠅃󠄥󠅪󠅒󠄢󠅊󠄠󠅈󠄢󠄺󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅓󠅥󠅔󠅚󠄶󠅛󠅊󠄷󠄶󠄠󠅉󠅑󠄺󠅚󠅉󠅇󠅨󠅞󠅕󠄳󠅊󠅜󠅒󠅝󠄾󠄥󠅓󠄷󠅘󠅜󠅓󠅙󠄥󠄡󠅒󠅝󠅜󠅚󠅒󠄢󠅂󠅜󠅈󠄣󠅊󠅘󠅓󠅝󠅜󠅘󠅔󠄷󠅜󠅦󠅒󠅜󠄩󠅪󠅊󠅇󠅨󠅜󠅉󠄣󠅂󠅦󠅓󠅙󠄥󠄢󠄽󠅇󠅂󠅟󠅉󠅈󠄾󠅟󠅕󠄵󠄲󠅛󠄾󠄴󠄹󠅩󠅉󠅄󠅔󠅜󠄿󠅄󠅊󠅘󠄽󠄷󠅅󠄢󠅉󠅪󠅜󠅜󠅉󠅚󠅁󠅨󠄽󠅪󠄽󠄥󠅉󠅄󠄺󠅝󠅊󠅇󠅊󠅝󠅊󠅚󠅅󠅩󠄽󠅝󠅁󠅨󠅊󠅄󠅗󠄠󠅊󠅝󠅊󠅘󠅊󠄴󠅗󠅨󠄾󠅪󠅉󠄠󠄿󠅄󠅂󠅚󠅉󠅄󠄶󠅝󠄾󠄢󠄺󠅛󠄾󠅄󠅔󠅘󠄾󠄢󠅁󠅪󠄾󠄢󠅅󠄥󠅊󠄷󠅤󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅢󠅅󠄢󠄩󠅝󠅔󠄵󠄺󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅂󠅠󠅒󠅝󠅔󠅉󠅁󠅀󠅂󠅜󠄥󠅇󠅕󠄳󠄴󠅪󠄡󠄹󠄾󠅞󠄢󠄿󠄷󠄤󠅟󠄨󠄸󠄦󠅝󠄷󠅝󠄾󠅤󠅟󠄶󠄨󠅅󠅃󠅞󠄼󠅖󠅖󠄛󠅘󠅑󠅦󠄲󠄠󠅧󠅚󠅣󠄣󠅁󠅜󠅇󠅊󠄱󠅑󠅝󠅚󠅞󠄸󠄸󠅙󠅔󠄣󠄹󠄢󠄾󠅝󠅂󠅞󠄶󠄠󠄺󠅠󠅊󠅓󠅤󠅜󠅞󠅡󠄿󠅨󠄻󠅃󠄩󠅈󠄳󠄛󠅩󠅁󠄹󠄭󠄒󠄜󠄒󠅖󠅟󠅢󠅝󠅑󠅤󠄒󠄪󠄒󠅓󠄢󠅠󠅑󠄒󠄜󠄒󠅣󠅙󠅗󠅞󠅕󠅢󠅏󠅙󠅔󠄒󠄪󠄒󠅥󠅣󠅕󠅢󠅏󠄧󠅖󠄧󠄧󠄨󠄡󠅕󠄡󠄝󠄧󠄡󠅔󠄡󠄝󠄤󠅖󠄧󠅑󠄝󠅒󠄢󠅕󠄤󠄝󠄣󠄠󠅓󠅑󠅕󠄤󠄡󠅕󠅑󠅖󠄠󠅑󠄒󠅭
What would you like to do?
👉 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.
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).
👉 Read about the two projects
Project 2 (2025-2029)
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)
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. The project’s first monograph, On the Plastic Surgery of the Ears and Nose. The Nepalese Version of the Suśrutasaṃhitā (2023, DOI) is available in print and as a free PDF. 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.18868988
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.