Clarifying the fact that the doctors of Nirun (330-555) learned the main book of medicine from the Brahmi scriptures
- VernacularTitle:Нирун улсын (330-555 он) эмч нар анагаах ухааны гол номыг брахми бичгийн судраас сурч байсан баримтыг тодруулах нь
- Author:
Bold Sh
1
;
Gerelmaa B
2
;
Shagdarsuren D
3
Author Information
1. Mongolian Academy of Medical Sciences
2. Ach Medical University
3. Mongolian University of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Brahmi script;
Nirun Dynasty;
Ayurvedic medicine;
Mongolian doctor
- From:Mongolian Medical Sciences
2023;205(3):96-104
- CountryMongolia
- Language:Mongolian
-
Abstract:
Inscriptions written in Mongolian Brahmi script on a stone found in 584 and 601 from Bugat,
Arkhangai Province, and Khuis Tolgoi, Bulgan Province are proof that the Mongolians of Nirun
Dynasty’s era (Juan-Juan, 330-555 CE) had Brahmi script. At the same time, the medical books
written by Taksik doctor Galeino, the book “Sog po sha stag can gyi rgyud” by a Mongolian doctor
who visited Tibet during the reign of King Trisondetsen (742-798) of Tibet, as well as Mongolian
doctor Nalashandir’s book titled “rgas pa gso ba’i yan lag bcud kyi rgya mtsho” are proved by the
translation from an Indian language into the Tibetan language.
In addition, it is reasonable to consider the fact that Mongolians learned medicine in Sanskrit from
the time of the Nirun Dynasty period (330-555 CE), which was recorded by the Altai doctor of
Upper Mongolia in his book in 1612.
Another proof of this is the medical books that Hamilton Bower bought from Kucha (Kuqa), Xinjiang
in March 1890. These books were medical treatises related to medicinal ingredients in the Charaka
and Sushruta Samhita of ancient Indian Ayurvedic medicine, dating to the late 5th or 6th century.
Kucha was a region controlled by Nirun Dynasty in the 4th to 6th centuries. Therefore, it is possible
to confirm that the classic books of Ayurvedic medicine were popular in the Nirun Dynasty and
these books were learned and studied in Sanskrit. Except for the Mongolian Brahmi script of the
Nirun Dynasty period, the Brahmi script of the Tibetan language created by Mongolian scholar,
Toin Jambaldorji was identified. This Brahmi script is a later (1823) proof of the Mongolian Brahmi
script of the Nirun Dynasty’s time and is considered to be a witness to the fact that Mongolian
medical scholars created their books in many languages and different scripts.
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