The practice of texts : education and healing in south India /

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"The Practice of Texts examines the uses of the Sanskrit medical classics in two educational institutions--the college and the gurukula--of India's classical life science, Ayurveda. In this interdisciplinary study, Anthony Cerulli probes late- and post-colonial reforms in ayurvedic educati...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cerulli, Anthony Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Medicine, Ayurvedic > India > Kerala > History.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > Study and teaching > India > Kerala.
Āyurveda > Inde > Kerala > Histoire.
Āyurveda > Étude et enseignement > Inde > Kerala.
HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
Medicine, Ayurvedic.
Medicine, Ayurvedic > Study and teaching.
India > Kerala.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Gurukulas and tradition-making in modern Ayurveda
  • Situating Sanskrit (texts) in ayurvedic education
  • Practicing texts
  • Knowledge that heals, freely
  • From healing texts to ritualized practice
  • Texts in practice : wellbeing, healing, and the ayurvedic patient.

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