The reach of your perceptions and your capacity to present them to totally lay persons like me is simply great. YM
On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 1:09 PM Rajaram Krishnamurthy <[email protected]> wrote: > Pioneers of zoology (contd in animal kingdom part 3 > > 1 Shalihotra > > According to the Ayurvedic tradition Shalihotra > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shalihotra#purana> was one of the > oldest veterinary physicians, who lived in the 3rd BCE. He got so many > students who are highlighting the knowledge from him. He was considered the > founder of veterinary science in ancient India > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/india#purana>. His father > Hayaghosha lived in Shravasti > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shravasti#purana>. His principal > work was *Shalihotrasamhita* which is a large treatise on the care and > management of horses. *Shalihotrasamhita* comprised 12000 Slokas > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sloka#hinduism>. > > *Shalihotra Samhita* contains the following eqwine and elephant anatomy, > physiology surgery and diseases with their curative and preventive > measures. It also describes the body structures of different races of > horses. Identified structural details by which one can determine the age of > a horse. According to the history of veterinary science, many of the > authors named their work after Shalihotra. His works are *Ashvaprashna > and Ashvalakshna shastra > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shastra#purana>*. > 2 Palkapya > > Palkapya who lived in the 1st BCE. He had vast knowledge about elephants > in India. He wrote *Hasty Ayurveda* which described the anatomy, > physiology, disease, surgery management and medicines of elephants. *Hasty > Ayurveda* also known as *Gajayurveda* or *Mahapada*. It consisted of > 20000 shlokas. > > Palkapya dedicated his work to lord Ganesha > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/ganesha#purana>. *Hastyayurveda *divided > into four chapters. > > 1. Maharoga-sthana <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sthana#purana> > (Major > diseases), - 18 chapters, > 2. Kshudraroga > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kshudraroga#ayurveda>-sthana > (Minor diseases) - 72 chapters, > 3. Shalya <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shalya#purana>-sthana > (Surgery) - 34 chapters, > 4. Supplement of materia-medica - 36 chapters. > > 3 Bhoja paramara > > Bhoja <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bhoja#purana> was one of the > parmara kings. He lived in the 11th CE.His kingdom uhtred around the Malwa > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/malva#hinduism> region. He was > known for his arts literature and scientific knowledge. He was a most > celebrated king and as a righteous scholar king in Indian history. He wrote > a lot of works in Sanskrit > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sanskrit#hinduism>. He wrote the > work Shalihotra, a book on horses, their diseases and remedies. > 4 Sunandaka and Chakra > > There are no informative notes available about Sunandaka > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/sunandaka#purana> and Chakra > <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/cakra#purana> later zoologists or > scientific writers mentioned these persons as their pioneers. > 5 Hamsadeva > > In the Sanskrit literary history, book and studies related to the > environment through various branches of science, have their limitations. > Biological writings are few indeed. The first biological book written in > Sanskrit is “*Mrigapakshishastra*” by Hamsadeva. This was written in the > 13th century. In this we have extensive descriptions of the higher > classes of birds and animals and their classifications. The writer did not > write the details merely from hearsay or rumours but from direct personal > observations and studies and thus it can be realized that it is an > authentic book. KR IRS 7124 > -- *Mar* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Thatha_Patty" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/thatha_patty/CACDCHCKrxqeeSaQ%3DbMmSNSP1NqOzvMptOOQiwa3rWaZ%3Dkjs%2BvQ%40mail.gmail.com.
