AyurvedaAyurvedic Tantra / Medical Treatise
सुश्रुतसंहिता
Sushruta Samhita
Sushruta (redacted by Nagarjuna)6th Century BCE (redacted 3rd–4th Century CE)Ayurvedic Tantra / Medical Treatise
The foundational text of Ayurvedic surgery describing over 300 surgical procedures and 120 instruments. The referenced verse uses the metaphor of a donkey carrying sandalwood — knowing the weight but not the value — to critique superficial learning without understanding.
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Subhashitam
Subhashitams from this grantha
yathā kharaścandanabhāravāhī bhārasya vettā na tu candanasya | evaṃ hi śāstrāṇi bahūnyadhītya artheṣu mūḍhāḥ kharavadvahanti ||
Just as a donkey carrying sandalwood knows only the weight, not the fragrance; so too, fools who study many scriptures grasp only the burden — never the meaning.
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