ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī : the Indian books
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ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī : the Indian books
（Islamic philosophy, theology, and science, v. 121）
Brill, c2022
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [212]-218) and indexes
Arabic text and English translation
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'Ali ibn Sahl Rabban at-Tabari'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. Tabari's learned expose 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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