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A Body Of Knowledge: The Wellcome Ayurvedic Anatomical Man And His Sanskrit Context

In: Asian Medicine
Author:
Dominik Wujastyk
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Online Publication Date:
01 Jan 2008
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Abstract

A widely-known painting currently in the Wellcome Library (Iconographic 574912i) depicts an anatomical view of the male human body according to the tenets of classical Indian medicine, or ayurveda. The painting is surrounded by text passages in the Sanskrit language on medical and anatomical topics. In this paper, the Sanskrit texts are identified, edited, translated and assessed. I establish a terminus a quo for the painting, and explore the relationship of text and image.

Title:
A Body Of Knowledge: The Wellcome Ayurvedic Anatomical Man And His Sanskrit Context
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/157342109X423793
Language:
English
Pages:
201–248
Keywords:
SUŚRUTA; MEDICINE; SANSKRIT; SOUTH ASIA; BHāVAPRAKĀŚA; AYURVEDA; SUŚRUTASAMHITĀ; PAINTING; HISTORY; BHāVAMIŚRA; ANATOMY; INDIA
In:
Asian Medicine
In:
Volume 4: Issue 1
Publisher:
Brill
E-ISSN:
1573-4218
Print ISSN:
1573-420X
Subjects:
General, Asian Studies, History of Medicine, History

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