Humours and their Legacy in Early Buddhist Medicine
In this paper, I analyze the Buddhist humoral theory primarily presented in the suttas of the Pāli Canon through a comparative study with other medical theories developed within the Indo-European tradition, specifically Hippocratic and Āyurvedic medicine. The aim is to trace possible historical dev...
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| Main Author: | Federico Divino |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Alberta
2025-01-01
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| Series: | History of Science in South Asia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/hssa/index.php/hssa/article/view/118 |
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