{"product_id":"asceticism-and-healing-in-ancient-india-medicine-in-the-buddhist-monastery-indian-medical-tradition","title":"Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India: Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery (Indian Medical Tradition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kenneth G. Zysk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Motilal Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 220\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 01-12-1998\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThe rich Indian medical tradition is usually traced back to Sanskrit sources, the earliest of which cannot much antedate the Common Era. In this book Kenneth Zysk shows that 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 contributed to the development of medicine, while their skills as physical as well as spiritual healers enhanced their reputation and popular support. Drawing on a wide range of textual, archaeological and secondary sources, Zysk first presents an overview of the history of Indian medicine in its religious context. He then examines primary literature from the Pali Buddhist Canon and from the Sanskrit treatises of Bhela, Caraka and susruta. By close comparison of these two bodies of literature Zysk convincingly shows how the theories delineated in the medical classics actually became practice.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nAbout the Author\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nDr. Kenneth G. Zysk is associate professor of Indian studies at the university of Copenhagen, and co-editor of the series Indian Medicine in the Veda: Religious Healing in the Veda, appears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788120815285\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePackage Dimensions:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Motilal Banarsidass Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49293235978544,"sku":"DRG.MLBD_9788120815285","price":322.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/9968\/4144\/files\/motilal-banarsidass-publications-book-default-title-asceticism-and-healing-in-ancient-india-medicine-in-the-buddhist-monastery-indian-medical-tradition-39486862393648.jpg?v=1775955848","url":"https:\/\/www.retailmaharaj.com\/products\/asceticism-and-healing-in-ancient-india-medicine-in-the-buddhist-monastery-indian-medical-tradition","provider":"Retail Maharaj","version":"1.0","type":"link"}