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By Kenneth G. Zysk



Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery By Kenneth G. Zysk

 | #8618398 in Books  |  1991-05  | Original language: English  |  8.56 x .92 x 5.75l,  | File type: PDF  | 208 pages | File size: 19.Mb
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Most Helpful 1 of 1 review helpful very good By Angela Walls I bought this book for my dissertation and can honestly say it is an intelligent well written and interesting read Very good for all those interested in Indian and Buddhists concepts of medicine The rich Indian medical tradition is usually traced back to Sanskrit sources the earliest of which cannot much antedate the common era Zysk shows that the Buddhist scriptures some centuries older than this contain abundant information about medical practice and are our earliest evidence for a rational approach to medicine in India He argues that Buddhism and the medical tradition were mutually supportive that Buddhist monks and people associated with them contribute

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