Medicine, alchemy, health sciences

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Articles with material on medical history, health sciences, āyurveda, and alchemy.

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“On Leeches” in a Medical Treatise for Humans The Nepalese Version of Suśrutasaṃhitā 1.13

Lisa Allette Brooks

1--42
Science in the Midst of Theosophy The Central Hindu College of Benares (1898-1916)

Ritesh Gupta

43-79
Early Indian Palmistry Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna: Pāṇilekhā

Kenneth Zysk

240-275
Fauna Names in the Ḍākārṇava

Iain Sinclair

173-239
Epistemology and Scientific Methodology in Āyurveda The Means of Valid Knowledge According to the Rasavaiśeṣika-sūtra and its Commentary by Narasiṃha

Christophe Vielle

153-172
Review of Natasha Sarkar, The Last Great Plague of Colonial India (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)

Rai Saurav Kumar

R1-R4
Humours and their Legacy in Early Buddhist Medicine Revisiting the Indo-European Foundation of Medical Conceptions in the Pāli Canon

Federico Divino

1-49
Shifting the Paradigm A Vizir’s Persian Handbook of Āyurveda in Sixteenth-century India

Fabrizio Speziale

95-125
Review: Barbara Gerke, Taming the Poisonous: Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practices (Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2021)

Tawni Tidwell
Elements of the Buddhist Medical System

Federico Divino

22-62
Review: Anthony Cerulli, The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India (Oakland: University of California Press, 2022)

Venera Khalikova

R8-R11
Review: Minakshi Menon (ed.), Indigenous Knowledges and Colonial Sciences in South Asia (South Asian History and Culture, special issue, vol. 13, n. 1, 2022)

Sabrina Datoo

R12-R15
Review: Dagmar Wujastyk and Christèle Barois (eds.), The Usman Report (1923): Translations of Regional Submissions (Groningen, Netherlands: Barkhuis & Groningen University Library, 2022)

Sarah Qidwai

R5-R7
Review: James McHugh, An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian History and Religions (New York, Oxford University Press, 2021)

Vitus Angermeier

R1--R4
Making Gems in Indian Alchemical Literature

Dagmar Wujastyk

1-21
The Seasons in Ancient Indian Medicine Long Winters or Extensive Rains?

Vitus Angermeier

247-271
Three Versions of Crow Omens

Kenneth Zysk

235-246
The Evidence for Hospitals in Early India

Dominik Wujastyk

1-43
Doṣas by the Numbers Buddhist Contributions to the Origins of the Tridoṣa-theory in Early Indian Medical Literature with Comparisons to Early Greek Theories of the Humours

Kenneth G. Zysk

1-29
Rasāyana and Rasaśāstra in the Persian Medical Culture of South Asia

Fabrizio Speziale

1-41
Premodern Yoga Traditions and Ayurveda Preliminary Remarks on Shared Terminology, Theory and Praxis

Jason Eric Birch

1-83
Tibetan Bonpo Mendrup: The Precious Formula’s Transmission

Anna Sehnalova

143-180
Transmutations: Rejuvenation, Longevity, and Immortality Practices in South and Inner Asia Introduction

Dagmar Wujastyk, Suzanne Newcombe, Christèle Barois

i-xvii
Stretching Out Life, Maintaining the Body: Part I - Vayas in Medical Literature

Christèle Barois

37-65
Mastering Deathlessness Some Remarks on Kaṟpam Preparations in the Medico-Alchemical Literature of the Tamil Siddhas

Ilona Barbara Kędzia

121-142

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Medicine, alchemy, health sciences

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“On Leeches” in a Medical Treatise for Humans The Nepalese Version of Suśrutasaṃhitā 1.13

Science in the Midst of Theosophy The Central Hindu College of Benares (1898-1916)

Early Indian Palmistry Śārdūlakarṇāvadāna: Pāṇilekhā

Fauna Names in the Ḍākārṇava

Epistemology and Scientific Methodology in Āyurveda The Means of Valid Knowledge According to the Rasavaiśeṣika-sūtra and its Commentary by Narasiṃha

Review of Natasha Sarkar, The Last Great Plague of Colonial India (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2024)

Humours and their Legacy in Early Buddhist Medicine Revisiting the Indo-European Foundation of Medical Conceptions in the Pāli Canon

Shifting the Paradigm A Vizir’s Persian Handbook of Āyurveda in Sixteenth-century India

Review: Barbara Gerke, Taming the Poisonous: Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practices (Heidelberg: Heidelberg University Publishing, 2021)

Elements of the Buddhist Medical System

Review: Anthony Cerulli, The Practice of Texts: Education and Healing in South India (Oakland: University of California Press, 2022)

Review: Minakshi Menon (ed.), Indigenous Knowledges and Colonial Sciences in South Asia (South Asian History and Culture, special issue, vol. 13, n. 1, 2022)

Review: Dagmar Wujastyk and Christèle Barois (eds.), The Usman Report (1923): Translations of Regional Submissions (Groningen, Netherlands: Barkhuis & Groningen University Library, 2022)

Review: James McHugh, An Unholy Brew: Alcohol in Indian History and Religions (New York, Oxford University Press, 2021)

Making Gems in Indian Alchemical Literature

The Seasons in Ancient Indian Medicine Long Winters or Extensive Rains?

Three Versions of Crow Omens

The Evidence for Hospitals in Early India

Doṣas by the Numbers Buddhist Contributions to the Origins of the Tridoṣa-theory in Early Indian Medical Literature with Comparisons to Early Greek Theories of the Humours

Rasāyana and Rasaśāstra in the Persian Medical Culture of South Asia

Premodern Yoga Traditions and Ayurveda Preliminary Remarks on Shared Terminology, Theory and Praxis

Tibetan Bonpo Mendrup: The Precious Formula’s Transmission

Transmutations: Rejuvenation, Longevity, and Immortality Practices in South and Inner Asia Introduction

Stretching Out Life, Maintaining the Body: Part I - Vayas in Medical Literature

Mastering Deathlessness Some Remarks on Kaṟpam Preparations in the Medico-Alchemical Literature of the Tamil Siddhas

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