Hindu Medicine c7.231

c7.231

Besides, he has to learn by heart the encyclopedia of medical knowledge, as it is contained in the compilations of Caraka or Suśruta or later authors. The pupil memorizes it, lesson after lesson, and retains its chapters by rehearsing them in turn, after the example of Brahmin priesthood; in this way, the sacred wisdom of the Vedas was imparted from one generation to the next, an oral tradition flowing down the ages.