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The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in the Comprehensive book of Rhazes

Oliver Kahl · 2015

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"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.

Book details

Year
2015
Language
English
Series
Islamic philosophy, theology and science texts and studies -- volume 93
Publisher
Brill
Editions
1
Pages
487
ISBN
9789004290259

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