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Sushruta was not only a practitioner of Surgery but also a teacher of Surgery. The hierarchy of school of surgery is as follows, Lord Dhanvantari a Supreme Physician and Surgeon mentioned in almost every classical Bharat's text. This Lord Dhanvantari is amongst 14 Precious stones which are the by-product ocean churning by Deva and Asura i.e. Gods and demons. Lord Dhanvantari brought Amrut Kalash a potion of life into his hands the purpose of appearance of lord Dhanvantari health and longevity of life in the Process of Samudra Manthan , Being a celestial after completion of his purpose lord Vishnu grant his wish to be reincarnated on the earth to serve human being with all his knowledge.

Sushruta was not only a practitioner of Surgery but also a teacher of Surgery. The hierarchy of school of surgery is as follows, Lord Dhanvantari a Supreme Physician and Surgeon mentioned in almost every classical Bharat's text. This Lord Dhanvantari is amongst 14 Precious stones which are the by-product ocean churning by Deva and Asura i.e. Gods and demons. Lord Dhanvantari brought Amrut Kalash a potion of life into his hands the purpose of appearance of lord Dhanvantari health and longevity of life in the Process of Samudra Manthan , Being a celestial after completion of his purpose lord Vishnu grant his wish to be reincarnated on the earth to serve human being with all his knowledge.

   He reincarnated as Kashiraj Divodas, according to Garud purana  Divodas is a fourth descent of Dhanvantari also named Dhanvantari because of his forefather. This Kashiraj Divodas established a School of Surgery with his 12 students Sushrut, Aurabhra, Vaitarna , Karveerya, Gopurakshita 1and 2, Aushaneva, Nimi,Gargya, Galav,Paushkalavt. This school predominantly taught Ayurveda- Shalytantra/Surgery to all these students. Amongst all these student Sushrut was brightest student who scripted ''Sushrut Samhita''.

   He reincarnated as Kashiraj Divodas, according to Garud purana  Divodas is a fourth descent of Dhanvantari also named Dhanvantari because of his forefather.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = An English Translation of the Sushruta Samhita, based on Original Sanskrit Text|last = Bhishagratna|publisher = |year = 1907|isbn = |location = Calcutta|pages = 1|url = https://archive.org/stream/englishtranslati01susruoft#page/n103/mode/2up|ref = bhishagratna}}</ref>

 

This Kashiraj Divodas established a School of Surgery with his 12 students Sushrut, Aurabhra, Vaitarna , Karveerya, Gopurakshita 1and 2, Aushaneva, Nimi,Gargya, Galav,Paushkalavt. This school predominantly taught Ayurveda- Shalytantra/Surgery to all these students. Amongst all these student Sushrut was brightest student who scripted ''Sushrut Samhita''.

Every compendium has several contributors era by era, there are four remarkable contributor to Sushrut samhita as follows

Every compendium has several contributors era by era, there are four remarkable contributor to Sushrut samhita as follows

3.      Nagarjun -5^th Century

3.      Nagarjun -5^th Century

4.      Chandrat -10^th Century

4.      Chandrat -10^th Century<ref>Lal, Kunja (1910) ''[https://archive.org/details/englishtranslati01susruoft/page/212 Title of the book, Volume 1: Sutrasthana.]'' Calcutta : Motillal Ba....</ref>

When it comes to a name Sushrut there are two persons named Sushrut associated with Sushrut samhita first from Upanishad Kaal and a student of Kashiraj Divodas.  He was From the Race of Vishwamitra This Reference also mentioned in – Mahabharat Anushasana Parva. This also coincides with the description given of him in the present recension of Samhita. This Sushruta also considered as '''Vriddha Sushrut or Old Sushrut.''' The second Sushruta. He was from Satvahan Kaal ,He was priest of Satvahan Empire also named as '''Shalihotra Sushrut''' this era can be established by following points mentioning of community medicine, medicine for emperor, belief on demons and extra-terrestrials, political view similar to Satvahan Empire all these references are mentioned in the compendium. Nagarjun was from the Kapalik community this community belongs to monks who lived in graveyards use heavy metals processing to convert them into the gold and use them in the medicine related to Rasashastra. Chandrat was the last contributor to this classic texthe completely remoulded the compendium by adding extra section to the compendium as Uttartantra.

When it comes to a name Sushrut there are two persons named Sushrut associated with Sushrut samhita first from Upanishad Kaal and a student of Kashiraj Divodas.  He was From the Race of Vishwamitra This Reference also mentioned in – Mahabharat Anushasana Parva. This also coincides with the description given of him in the present recension of Samhita. This Sushruta also considered as '''Vriddha Sushrut or Old Sushrut.''' The second Sushruta. He was from Satvahan Kaal ,He was priest of Satvahan Empire also named as '''Shalihotra Sushrut''' this era can be established by following points mentioning of community medicine, medicine for emperor, belief on demons and extra-terrestrials, political view similar to Satvahan Empire all these references are mentioned in the compendium. Nagarjun was from the Kapalik community this community belongs to monks who lived in graveyards use heavy metals processing to convert them into the gold and use them in the medicine related to Rasashastra. Chandrat was the last contributor to this classic texthe completely remoulded the compendium by adding extra section to the compendium as Uttartantra.

   Overview of the Samhita- Sushrut was empathetically surgeon, Sushrut samhita is the only book that deal with problems of Practical surgery and midwifery. Almost all the other Samhita written by Sushrut fellow Students are either lost to us or imperfectly preserved. To Sushrut may be elevating the glory of elevating the art of a lancet to forceps to the status of practical science. It may not be out of place  here to give a short history of Ayurveda as it was practice and understood in pre saushrutic times if only to accentuate the improvements which he introduced in every branch of medical science. In Samhita it discusses blood in terms of the fourth doshic principle. This work is the first to enumerate and discuss the pitta sub-doshas and the marmas. With its emphasis on pitta, surgery, and blood, this work best represents the transformational value of life and surgical field.Sir Harold Gillis Pioneer of Modern plastic surgery Quoted Plastic surgery is a race between beauty and Blood supply. The Sushruta Samhita was composed after Charaka Samhita, and except for some topics and their emphasis, both discuss many similar subjects such as General Principles, Pathology, Diagnosis, Anatomy, Sensorial Prognosis, Therapeutics, Pharmaceutics and Toxicology. The Sushruta Samhita, in its extant form, is divided into 186 chapters and contains descriptions of 120 illnesses,700 medicinal plants, 64 preparations from mineral sources and 57 preparations based on animal sources'''.''' Crude methods and still cruder implements of incision such as bits of glass, Bamboo skins described in Samhita, Primitive instrumentology  which found favour to ancestor long before humanisation. Sushrut has Knowledge of practical anatomy, Sushrut devoted his whole life to pursuit surgery proper. He was the first to describe and classified different operatives Called as Ashtvidha Shastrakarma. He advised to use models before getting direct into surgery Models-Yogya. Varna –complete chapter dedicated to wound. Also mentioned about Post-operative care of wound'''.''' Fractures also mentioned very thoroughly and deeply. The Compendium also mentioned about Fluid evacuation from Hydrocele sac, Ascites. Intestinal perforation , intussusception , volvulus-twisted intestine Discoloured skin after operative regaining natural tone of skin even hairs too are included in 60 treatments, Bandages of wounds.

   Overview of the Samhita- Sushrut was empathetically surgeon, Sushrut samhita is the only book that deal with problems of Practical surgery and midwifery. Almost all the other Samhita written by Sushrut fellow Students are either lost to us or imperfectly preserved. To Sushrut may be elevating the glory of elevating the art of a lancet to forceps to the status of practical science. It may not be out of place  here to give a short history of Ayurveda as it was practice and understood in pre saushrutic times if only to accentuate the improvements which he introduced in every branch of medical science. In Samhita it discusses blood in terms of the fourth doshic principle. This work is the first to enumerate and discuss the pitta sub-doshas and the marmas. With its emphasis on pitta, surgery, and blood, this work best represents the transformational value of life and surgical field.Sir Harold Gillis Pioneer of Modern plastic surgery Quoted Plastic surgery is a race between beauty and Blood supply. The Sushruta Samhita was composed after Charaka Samhita, and except for some topics and their emphasis, both discuss many similar subjects such as General Principles, Pathology, Diagnosis, Anatomy, Sensorial Prognosis, Therapeutics, Pharmaceutics and Toxicology. The Sushruta Samhita, in its extant form, is divided into 186 chapters and contains descriptions of 120 illnesses,700 medicinal plants, 64 preparations from mineral sources and 57 preparations based on animal sources'''.''' Crude methods and still cruder implements of incision such as bits of glass, Bamboo skins described in Samhita, Primitive instrumentology  which found favour to ancestor long before humanisation. Sushrut has Knowledge of practical anatomy, Sushrut devoted his whole life to pursuit surgery proper. He was the first to describe and classified different operatives Called as Ashtvidha Shastrakarma. He advised to use models before getting direct into surgery Models-Yogya. Varna –complete chapter dedicated to wound. Also mentioned about Post-operative care of wound'''.''' Fractures also mentioned very thoroughly and deeply. The Compendium also mentioned about Fluid evacuation from Hydrocele sac, Ascites. Intestinal perforation , intussusception , volvulus-twisted intestine Discoloured skin after operative regaining natural tone of skin even hairs too are included in 60 treatments, Bandages of wounds.

Basic surgical principals such as,

Basic surgical principals such as,