The Making Of The Blue Beryl – Some Remarks On The Textual Sources Of The Famous Commentary Of Sangye Gyatsho (1653–1705)
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This chapter introduces the medical discourse of the 17 th -18 th century period in which the Regent Sangye Gyatsho (1653-1705) and his Blue Beryl (Baidurya sngon po) were embedded. It explores his links, by way of some of his teachers, to the Byang pa and Zur pa medical schools that represent the main traditions in Tibetan medicine at that time. Furthermore, a few short case studies are introduced to shed some light on his working procedure during his composition of the Blue Beryl . It appears that Sangye Gyatso's Blue Beryl should be seen in light of the intense and multivocal medical discourse that took place in the 17th century. The political role he played enabled him to draw on a wide range of sources that can be illustrated in his revision of the Gra nang rgyud bzhi . Keywords: Blue Beryl ; Byang pa medical school; Regent Sangye Gyatsho; Tibetan medicine; Zur pa medical school
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The Royal Treasury was at least partly authored by Drakpa Gyeltsen (1147-1216), a prominent Sakya religious leader.
“Besides the famous Gyüshi, one can also read about mercury in the Royal Treasury (Rgyal po'i dkor mdzod), which was at least in part authored by Drakpa Gyeltsen (Grags pa rgyal mtshan, 1147-1216),2 a famous religious leader of the Sakya (Sa skya) order.”
From On the History of Refining Mercury in Tibetan Medicine (2013) · cites this paper as Czaja 2007, p. 367, n. 74.
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- Authors
- Czaja, O.
- Corresponding author
- Czaja, Olaf
- Venue
- Proceedings of the Tenth Seminar of the IATS, 2003. Volume 10: Soundings in Tibetan Medicine
- Publisher
- BRILL
- Published
- 2007-01-01
- Pages
- 345-371
- OpenAlex
- W828433599
- Cited by
- 7
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 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 › History and Philosophy of Science › History of Science and Medicine
- Keywords
- Tibetan medicine, medical commentary, textual sources, clinical case studies
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