The Practice of Texts : Education and Healing in South India

The Practice of Texts Education and Healing in South India

A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more at www.luminosoa.org.The Practice of Texts examines the uses of the Sanskrit medical classics in two educational institutions of India’s classical life science, Ayurveda: the college and the gurukula. In this interdisciplinary study,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Cerulli, Anthony, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press [2022]
Edición:1 ed
Materias:
Medicine, Ayurvedic > Study and teaching > India > Kerala.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > India > Kerala > History.
Religion.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Transliteration and Pronunciation
  • Introduction: Gurukulas and Tradition-Making in Modern Ayurveda
  • 1 Situating Sanskrit (Texts) in Ayurvedic Education
  • 2 Practicing Texts
  • 3 Knowledge that Heals, Freely
  • 4 From Healing Texts to Ritualized Practice
  • 5 Texts in Practice and the Ayurvedic Patient
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index

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