Science of Medicine and Surgery in Buddhist India

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The author has laboriously worked on the topic, which enumerates for the first time a thousand years of history of Ancient India Science of Medicine and Surgery (6th B.C.-6th A.D.). A thorough, exhaustive and historical medicament has been presented on the basis of original sources. Her scrupulous and methodical survey throws a flood light on various virgin points such as: Thirty types of medicines, sixty-two types of diseases, out of which seventeen are studied intensively, rare diseases, surgery for eleven types of diseases, seventy-one surgical instruments (information and illustrations). Diseases of women-cause of barrenness, conceptions, contraceptives, pregnancy, birth of a child; nursing, hospitals and attendants, houses of destitutes and many such allied topics. The book will be a Unique contribution to the world of medicament and history of Buddhist India.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Meena Talim

Dr. Meena Talim is the first person to be awarded a Ph.D. in Pali from University of Mumbai (1960). She has retired as Professor and Head, Department of Ancient Indian Culture and Pali, St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai (1990).Her publications include Buddhavamso (1969) Women in Early Buddhist Literature (1972), Bagh Paintings Identification and Interpretation (2002) Science of Medicine and Surgery in Buddhist India (2009), Life of Women in Buddhist Literature (in Press), Unidentified and Ministerpreted Painting of Ajanta, (forthcoming). She has also written seven books seven-five research papers to reputed Indological journals and Magazines.Dr. Talim is presently working as Honorary Professor at K.J. Somaiya Centre for Buddhist Studies, Mumbai and Visiting Professor at University of Mumbai, Mumbai.