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).
Sūtrasthāna
General Principles
46 adhyāyas
Nidānasthāna
Diagnosis
16 adhyāyas
Śārīrasthāna
Anatomy
10 adhyāyas
Cikitsāsthāna
Therapeutics
40 adhyāyas
Kalpasthāna
Toxicology & Pharmaceutics
8 adhyāyas
Uttaratantram
Supplementary Section
66 adhyāyas
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