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The practice of texts : education and healing in south India /

"The Practice of Texts examines the uses of the Sanskrit medical classics in two educational institutions--the college and the gurukula--of India's classical life science, Ayurveda. In this interdisciplinary study, Anthony Cerulli probes late- and post-colonial reforms in ayurvedic educati...

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Main Author:	Cerulli, Anthony Michael (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2021]
Subjects:	Medicine, Ayurvedic > India > Kerala > History. Medicine, Ayurvedic > Study and teaching > India > Kerala. Āyurveda > Inde > Kerala > Histoire. Āyurveda > Étude et enseignement > Inde > Kerala. Medicine, Ayurvedic. Medicine, Ayurvedic > Study and teaching. India > Kerala. HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia Electronic books. History.
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