The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in the 'Comprehensive book' of Rhazes

This work offers a critical analysis of the Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in Rhazes (d. 925 CE) Comprehensive Book (or al-Kitab al-?awi), a hugely famous and highly unusual medico-pharmaceutical encyclopedia originally written in Arabic. All text material appears in full Arabic with English t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Kahl, Oliver (-)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden [etc.] : Brill 2015
Colección:Islamic Philosophy, Theology & Science ; 93
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • [1] Introduction1. The Sanskrit sources
  • A. Atreya
  • B. Susruta
  • C. Caraka
  • D. Vagbhata
  • E. Ravigupta
  • F. Madhava
  • G. Anonyma
  • 2. The Syriac sources
  • A. Sargis of Res'aina
  • B. Slemon
  • C. Gurgis bar Gabriel bar Boktyesu'
  • D. Huzaye
  • E. Iyob Urhaya
  • F. Sem'on
  • G. Yohannan bar Serapyon
  • 3. The Persian sources
  • A. Qahraman
  • B. Ibn Abi Halid al-Farisi
  • 4. Some general observations
  • Note on metrological units
  • [2] Texts and translations
  • 1. The Sanskrit sources
  • A. Atreya
  • B. Susruta
  • C. Caraka
  • D. Vagbhata
  • E. Ravigupta
  • F. Madhava
  • G. Anonyma
  • 2. The Syriac sources
  • A. Sargis of Res'aina
  • B. Slemon
  • C. Gurgis bar Gabriel bar Boktyesu'
  • D. Huzaye
  • E. Iyob Urhaya
  • F. Sem'on
  • G. Yohannan bar Serapyon
  • 3. The Persian sources
  • A. Qahraman
  • B. Ibn Abi Halid al-Farisi
  • 4. Variae Lectiones from RH3
  • Glossaries
  • 1. Arabic
  • A. English-Arabic
  • B. Arabic-English
  • 2. Sanskrit
  • A. English-Sanskrit
  • B. Sanskrit-English
  • 3. Botanical names
  • A. English-Latin
  • B. Latin-English..