Importance of Ayurveda is increasing day by day and people are looking towards Ayurveda as an alternative to contemporary medicine. AYUSH department is conducting post graduate specialization in various surgical branches like gynaecology & obstetrics. Yet social and legal conditions are not sufficiently favourable for Ayurvedic surgeons. It is the need of time to prove that Ayurvedic surgeons should have equal rights to perform surgeries as it should be for modern surgeons. This article is an effort to co-relate various Shastra Karmas with modern surgical procedures used in gynaecology & obstetrics to prove the efficiency and potency of Ayurvedic surgery.

Key words: Ashtavidha Shastrkarmas, Gynaecology, Obstetrics, Surgery