Mathematics and medicine in Sanskrit /

Papers presented at the 12th World Sanskrit Conference, held at Helsinki during 13-18 July 2003

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	World Sanskrit Conference Helsinki, Finland
Other Authors:	Wujastyk, D
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 2009 Delhi : 2009
Edition:	1st ed
Series:	Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference ; v. 7
Subjects:	Hindu mathematics > Congresses Mathematics, Ancient > Congresses Medicine, Ayurvedic > Congresses Sanskrit literature > History and criticism > Congresses Scientific literature > India > Congresses Hindu mathematics Mathematics, Ancient Medicine, Ayurvedic Ayurveda Mathematik Didactisch proza (teksten) Geneeskunde Sanskriet Wiskunde Mathematics > Congresses Mathematics Helsinki <2003> India Indien Congress Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc

Table of Contents:

Introduction / Dominik Wujastyk
Sanskrit and science : a new area of study / K.V. Sarma
Solution of second degree indeterminate equations in Sanskrit texts / A.K. Bag
Chronological influences from a comparision between commentaries on different Śulbasūtras / Jean Michel Delire
Bhāskara I's geometrical diagrams in the Āryabhaṭīyabhāṣya
Some neglected aspects of Ayurveda or the illusion of a consistent theory / G. Jan Meulenbeld
Saṃskāras in Vāgbhaṭa's Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā : garbhādhāna, ṛtusaṃgamana, puṃsavana / Dagmar Benner
Contrasting examples of Ayurvedic creativity around 1700 / Dominik Wujastyk
Terminology of spirit illness : an empirical study of a living healing tradition / Antti Pakaslahti
Some notes on the Bheḍa(la)saṃhitā / Tsutomu Yamashita

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