Co-Relation of Ancient Yantra and Modern Surgical Instru-Ments-a Review

Introduction-Ayurveda is an ancient medical science, and Surgery is one of Ayurveda’s oldest modalities of the medical system; it is believed that ancient Indian scientists explored essential knowledge of Shastrakarma.Ayurveda contains detailed descriptions of the techniques and practices of the great ancient surgeon Sushruta.Who has considerable surgical knowledge that is relevant even today also. The ancient surgical science was known as ShalyaTantra.Sushrut Samhita elaborates on Yantra and Shastras, used for various Shastra karma. Shalyas affect both Manas and Shareera; Yantras are used to remove this Shalya. Now a day’s same techniques are used for pain management. Efforts in this article are to correlate Sushrutokta Ancient Yantra with modern surgical instruments/equipment. Materials and methods: Ayurvedic and Modern Texts and Websites. Result: Many Yantras are like modern surgical Instruments in appearance, and modern ones with different names now adopt Funclikeh. Conclusion: As time progressed and new metals (like stainless steel and copper) were invented, the shape and length of instruments changed. But the aim of the instruments remains the same,i.e., the removal of Shalya.