Translating Buddhist medicine in medieval China /
This interdisciplinary study examines the reception of Ayurvedic knowledge and other Indian medical teachings in medieval China through analysis of Buddhist texts, including translations from Indian languages as well as Chinese compositions between the second and ninth centuries.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia :
University of Pennsylvania Press,
©2014.
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Edición: | 1st ed. |
Colección: | Encounters with Asia.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Buddhist Medical Transmission
- Chapter 2. Translators and Translation Practice
- Chapter 3. Translating Medicine in Buddhist Scriptures
- Chapter 4. Rewriting Buddhist Medicine
- Chapter 5. Popularizing Buddhist Medicine
- Conclusion
- List of Abbreviations
- Notes
- List of Chinese and Japanese Characters
- References
- Index
- Acknowledgments.