A brief history of Āyurveda (Record no. 64734)
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ISBN | 9780190121082 |
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ISBN | 0190121084 |
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Classification number | 615.53809 |
Item number | RAG/A |
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Personal name | Rāghavavāriyar, M R |
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Title | A brief history of Āyurveda |
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Place of publication | New Delhi |
Name of publisher | Oxford University Press |
Year of publication | 2020 |
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Number of Pages | xxx,172 p. |
Other physical details | illustrations (black and white) ; |
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Summary, etc | For over two and a half millennia Āyurveda was the mainstream healthcare programme in the Indian subcontinent. However, what was once seen as indispensable, is now often officially described as ‘alternative medicine’. Moreover, there seems to be a lack of proper understanding of the specific culture from which Āyurveda emerged. This is because existing works on the subject have mostly been mere compilations of Āyurvedic practices and focused on classical texts. This book studies the stages of development in the system of Āyurveda and its practice from proto-historic times until British colonization. Using original Pāli and Sanskrit works, archaeological artefacts, as well as oft-neglected medieval epigraphic documents, M. R. Raghava Varier highlights how centuries of privileging Western knowledge has resulted in the sidelining of indigenous learning—a process that accelerated with the advent of colonialism. Further, he makes use of Jain and Buddhist sources to question the assumption that Āyurveda is a purely Hindu or Brahmanical system, thus providing a historiographical frame for conceptually establishing the notion of Āyurveda. |
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Topical Term | Medicine, Ayurvedic |
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Koha item type | BK |
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control field | 21891794 |
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LC control number | 2020330970 |
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Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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Kannur University Central Library | Kannur University Central Library | Stack | 20/04/2022 | 995.00 | 615.53809 RAG/A | 55682 | BK |