?Al? ibn Sahl Rabban a?-?abar?: The Indian Books
A new edition of the Arabic text and first-time English translation
Publisher: BRILL
Date of Publication: 26 August 2022
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9789004523296 |
| ISBN10: | 9004523294 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 262 pages |
| Size: | 235x155 mm |
| Weight: | 1 g |
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Short description:
?Al? ibn Sahl a?-?abar?'s Indian Books, completed in Samarra in 850 CE, offer a unique, interpretative summary of Ayurvedic medicine, as he understood it on the basis of now lost Arabic translations from Sanskrit.
Long description:
?Al? ibn Sahl Rabban a?-?abar?'s Indian Books, completed in the year 850 CE as an appendix to his medico-philosophical chef-d'?uvre "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. ?abar?'s learned exposé of Ayurveda also throws a more nuanced light on the allegedly uncontested supremacy of Greek humoralism in 9th-century Arabic medicine.
