Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India

Medicine in the Buddhist Monastery

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3963111
AutoresFrancis Zimmermann (0000-0001-5645-8342, University of Cross River State, autor correspondente), Kenneth G Zysk (0000-0002-3253-7676)
Ano1993
Volume113
Fascículo2
Páginas321
Data de publicação1993-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289
EditoraJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/603067
OpenAlexW1987716456
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas33

Since the first edition of Asceticism and Healing in Ancient India appeared, little new evidence has come to light to change the fundamental views offered in it. After carefully going through the text once again, I tried to clarify fuzzing points and elaborate on underdeveloped ideas. The importance of medicine in the history of Buddhism cannot be underestimated. This book lays out the basic tenets of a sophisticated medical doctrine and practice that developed in the Buddhist monastic communities from around the 4th century BCE. The role of Buddhist medicine in the development of the Sanskrit tradition of Ayurveda is the focus of the study. The results indicate that early Buddhist medicine was fundamental to the formation of ayurvedic medical thinking and practice in ancient India

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Asceticism · Buddhism · Traditional medicine · Classics · Historical and Architectural Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Medicine