ལེགས་ཐོས་

ལེགས་ཐོས། (Wyl. legs thos ) Pron.: lek tö

• Skt. सुश्रुतः, suśruta, Pron.: sushruta. From Sanskrit: very famous | well or correctly heard | gladly heard | N. of the author of a system of medicine (reputed son of Viśvā-mitra and descendant of Dhanvantari | his work with that of Caraka, another older medical authority, is held in great esteem | it consists of six books | of a son of Su-bhāsa | of a son of Padmo7dbhava | N. of the above medical work | also of the work of Caraka | 'well heard', an exclamation at a Śrāddha [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW