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An Early Tibetan History Of Indian Medicine
Abstract
This chapter presents a report on the authorship and content of a very significant manuscript containing two closely related medical writings by the same author found in the Giuseppe Tucci collection in Rome. It deals with some considerations on the relationship between the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya and the Four Medical Tantras . Among the various theories about the origins of the Four Medical Tantras held by Tibetan thinkers of the past, the most influential one among the more critically minded is: that a basically Indic text underwent heavy editing by G.yu thog pa the Younger, but since he was identical to the Medicine Buddha, the altered text remains Buddha Word; it merits the status of a scripture. The chapter explains that the primary candidate for the original Indic text would have to be the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya . Keywords: Aṣṭāṅgahṛdaya ; authorship; Four Medical Tantras ; medical histories; medicine buddha
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The various Canon editions categorise the two treatises under different sections: some include them in the miscellaneous section, others in the arts and crafts section.
“The various Canon editions categorise the two treatises under different sections: some include them in the ‘miscellaneous section’ (sna tshogs), others in the ‘arts and crafts’ (bzo rig) section,22”
From Alchemical Gold and the Pursuit of the Mercurial Elixir (2013) · cites this paper as [22]
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- Authors
- Martin, D.
- Corresponding author
- Martin, Dan
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Volume 10: Soundings in Tibetan Medicine
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2007-01-01
- Pages
- 305-325
- OpenAlex
- W408192965
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 4 · 2017: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 13.79
- Type
- book chapter
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- BRILL eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History › History of Medicine Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Complementary and alternative medicine › Traditional Chinese Medicine Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Indian and Buddhist Studies
- Keywords
- Tibetan medicine, Indian medicine, Medicine Buddha, authorship, medical history, Buddhist medical texts, textual origins
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