ʿ : alī Ibn Sahl Rabban Aṭ-Ṭabarī The Indian Books: A New Edition of the Arabic Text and First-Time English Translation
Overview
ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī's Indian Books, completed in the year 850 CE as an appendix to his medico-philosophical chef-d'oeuvre "Paradise of Wisdom", belong to the most remarkable texts in Arabic scientific literature. The Indian Books offer a unique, interpretative summary of the main tenets of Ayurvedic medicine, as understood by Arabic-speaking scholars on the basis of now lost translations from Sanskrit. The present book centres around a critical edition and annotated translation of this crucial text, framed by a detailed introduction and extensive glossaries of terms. Ṭabarī's learned expos of Ayurveda also throws a more nuanced light on the allegedly uncontested supremacy of Greek humoralism in 9th-century Arabic medicine.
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- ISBN-13: 9789004523296
- ISBN-10: 9004523294
- Publisher: Brill
- Publish Date: August 2022
- Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.1 x 0.63 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.21 pounds
- Page Count: 262
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