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Author Kahl, Oliver, author

Title The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in the Comprehensive book of Rhazes / by Oliver Kahl
Published Leiden : Brill, 2015

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Series Islamic Philosophy, Theology & Science: Texts & Studies ; 93
Islamic Philosophy, Theology & Science: Texts & Studies ; 93
Contents [1] Introduction -- 1. The Sanskrit sources -- A. Atreya -- B. Susruta -- C. Caraka -- D. Vagbhata -- E. Ravigupta -- F. Madhava -- G. Anonyma -- 2. The Syriac sources -- A. Sargis of Res'aina -- B. Slemon -- C. Gurgis bar Gabriel bar Boktyesu' -- D. Huzaye -- E. Iyob Urhaya -- F. Sem'on -- G. Yohannan bar Serapyon -- 3. The Persian sources -- A. Qahraman -- B. Ibn Abi Halid al-Farisi -- 4. Some general observations -- Note on metrological units -- [2] Texts and translations -- 1. The Sanskrit sources -- A. Atreya -- B. Susruta -- C. Caraka -- D. Vagbhata -- E. Ravigupta -- F. Madhava -- G. Anonyma -- 2. The Syriac sources -- A. Sargis of Res'aina -- B. Slemon -- C. Gurgis bar Gabriel bar Boktyesu' -- D. Huzaye -- E. Iyob Urhaya -- F. Sem'on -- G. Yohannan bar Serapyon -- 3. The Persian sources -- A. Qahraman -- B. Ibn Abi Halid al-Farisi -- 4. Variae Lectiones from RH3 -- Glossaries -- 1. Arabic -- A. English-Arabic -- B. Arabic-English -- 2. Sanskrit -- A. English-Sanskrit -- B. Sanskrit-English -- 3. Botanical names -- A. English-Latin -- B. Latin-English
Summary "This work offers a critical analysis of the Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in Rhazes' (d. 925 CE) Comprehensive Book (or al-Kitāb al-Ḥāwī), a hugely famous and highly unusual medico-pharmaceutical encyclopedia originally written in Arabic. All text material appears in full Arabic with English translations throughout, whilst the traceable Indian fragments are represented here, for the first time, in both the original Sanskrit and corresponding English translations. The philological core of the book is framed by a detailed introductory study on the transmission of Indian, Syrian and Iranian medicine and pharmacy to the Arabs, and by extensive bilingual glossaries of relevant Arabic and Sanskrit terms as well as Latin botanical identifications"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? Kitāb al-Ḥāwī fī al-ṭibb.
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? -- Sources
Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?
Sanskrit language -- Texts
Syriac language -- Texts
Persian language -- Texts
Medicine, Medieval.
Medicine, Arab.
Pharmacy -- History -- To 1500
History, Medieval
Medicine, Arabic
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference.
MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Atlases.
MEDICAL -- Essays.
MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Osteopathy.
Medicine, Arab.
Medicine, Medieval.
Persian language.
Pharmacy.
Sanskrit language.
Syriac language.
Genre/Form History.
Sources.
Texts.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004290242
9004290249