e-Suśruta

A reading edition of the Suśrutasaṃhitā, in IAST

The Suśrutasaṃhitā, a Sanskrit treatise on medicine and surgery, is organized into six sthānas (sections). It is read here alongside Ḍalhaṇa's twelfth-century commentary, the Nibandhasaṅgraha, with the two distinguished typographically. Choose a sthāna below to browse its adhyāyas (chapters).

The text below is based on the 1938 edition of the Suśrutasaṃhitā edited by Yādavaśarman Trivikrama Ācārya (see scan at the Wellcome Library, London).

Sthāna 1

Sūtrasthāna

General Principles

46 adhyāyas

Sthāna 2

Nidānasthāna

Diagnosis

16 adhyāyas

Sthāna 3

Śārīrasthāna

Anatomy

10 adhyāyas

Sthāna 4

Cikitsāsthāna

Therapeutics

40 adhyāyas

Sthāna 5

Kalpasthāna

Toxicology & Pharmaceutics

8 adhyāyas

Sthāna 6

Uttaratantram

Supplementary Section

66 adhyāyas