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A Body Of Knowledge: The Wellcome Ayurvedic Anatomical Man And His Sanskrit Context.

Wujastyk, D; (2009) A Body Of Knowledge: The Wellcome Ayurvedic Anatomical Man And His Sanskrit Context. Asian Med (Leiden) , 4 (1) pp. 201-248. 10.1163/157342109X423793. Green open access

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Abstract

A widely-known painting currently in the Wellcome Library (Iconographic 574912i) depicts an anatomical view of the male human body according to the tenets of classical Indian medicine, or ayurveda. The painting is surrounded by text passages in the Sanskrit language on medical and anatomical topics. In this paper, the Sanskrit texts are identified, edited, translated and assessed. I establish a terminus a quo for the painting, and explore the relationship of text and image.

Type: Article
Title: A Body Of Knowledge: The Wellcome Ayurvedic Anatomical Man And His Sanskrit Context.
Location: Netherlands
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1163/157342109X423793
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/15130
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