Ilona Kędzia
Biographic Data
| ID | 3482225 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ilona Kędzia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ilona |
| FAMILY NAME | Kędzia |
| SIGNATURE | KĘDZIA I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jagiellonian University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3599-6066 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Triggers of Transformation
This article studies the comprehensive medico-alchemical Tamil text Six Hundred Verses by Siddhar Yākōpu. Through an analysis of selected sections of this text, the article explores the discourse on the preparation called cavukkāram. Cavukkāram seems to be crucial for the medico-alchemical system exposited in the book, where it is portrayed as a potent catalyst that enables both alchemical operations on inanimate matter and remarkable transformat…
The Transforming Science
The Transforming Science: Some Remarks on the Medico-Alchemical Teachings in Selected Works of Siddha Yākōpu, with Special Reference to the Kuru Nūl Aimpattaintu The paper explores the concept of variously conceived transformations associated with figurative transcendence of manifold limitations, referred to in medico-alchemical Tamil Siddha literature. The research has been based on the study of selected texts of Yākōpu alias Irāmatēvar, one of …
Global Trajectories of a Local Lore
Tamil Siddha medicine in the present-day discourses on identity and tradition is often presented as an exclusively Tamil system of science. The following paper aims at showing some examples of quite different images of the Tamil Siddha tradition depicted in a few of the classical Tamil Siddha medico-alchemical texts. The following consideration concentrates on the works of two respected authors of Tamil Siddha literature, namely Irāmatēvar alias …
Global Trajectories of a Local Lore
Tamil Siddha medicine in the present-day discourses on identity and tradition is often presented as an exclusively Tamil system of science. The following paper aims at showing some examples of quite different images of the Tamil Siddha tradition depicted in a few of the classical Tamil Siddha medico-alchemical texts. The following consideration concentrates on the works of two respected authors of Tamil Siddha literature, namely Irāmatēvar alias …
The Transforming Science
The Transforming Science: Some Remarks on the Medico-Alchemical Teachings in Selected Works of Siddha Yākōpu, with Special Reference to the Kuru Nūl Aimpattaintu The paper explores the concept of variously conceived transformations associated with figurative transcendence of manifold limitations, referred to in medico-alchemical Tamil Siddha literature. The research has been based on the study of selected texts of Yākōpu alias Irāmatēvar, one of …
Global Trajectories of a Local Lore
Tamil Siddha medicine in the present-day discourses on identity and tradition is often presented as an exclusively Tamil system of science. The following paper aims at showing some examples of quite different images of the Tamil Siddha tradition depicted in a few of the classical Tamil Siddha medico-alchemical texts. The following consideration concentrates on the works of two respected authors of Tamil Siddha literature, namely Irāmatēvar alias …
The Transforming Science
The Transforming Science: Some Remarks on the Medico-Alchemical Teachings in Selected Works of Siddha Yākōpu, with Special Reference to the Kuru Nūl Aimpattaintu The paper explores the concept of variously conceived transformations associated with figurative transcendence of manifold limitations, referred to in medico-alchemical Tamil Siddha literature. The research has been based on the study of selected texts of Yākōpu alias Irāmatēvar, one of …
The Triggers of Transformation
This article studies the comprehensive medico-alchemical Tamil text Six Hundred Verses by Siddhar Yākōpu. Through an analysis of selected sections of this text, the article explores the discourse on the preparation called cavukkāram. Cavukkāram seems to be crucial for the medico-alchemical system exposited in the book, where it is portrayed as a potent catalyst that enables both alchemical operations on inanimate matter and remarkable transformat…
History of Science and Medicine (3 works) · Tamil (3 works) · Alchemy (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Siddha (2 works) · Bulgarian (1 work)