Philosophy and Medicine in Early Classical India

Publications by Project Participants

Philipp Maas

• “The Concepts of the Human Body and Disease in Classical Yoga and Āyurveda”, Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 51 (2007/2008), pp. 125–162.
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• “Towards a Critical Edition of the Carakasaṃhitā Vimānasthāna — First Results”, Indian Journal of History of Science 44 (2009), pp. 163-185.
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• “On what became of the Carakasaṃhitā after Dṛḍhabala’s revision”, eJournal of Indian Medicine Vol 3, No 1 (2010), pp. 1–22.
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• “Computer Aided Stemmatic — The Case of Fifty-Two Text Versions of Carakasasaṃhitā Vimānasthāna 8.67-157”, in: Jürgen Hanneder and Philipp A. Maas (guest eds.), Text Genealogy, Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique = Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 52-53 (2009-2010), pp. 63–120.
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Cristina Pecchia

• “Transmitting the Carakasaṃhitā. A History of the Tradition”, Indian Journal of History of Science 44 (2009), pp. 141-161.
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• “Transmission-specific (In)utility, or Dealing with Contamination: Samples from the Textual Tradition of the Carakasaṃhitā”, in: Jürgen Hanneder and Philipp A. Maas (guest eds.), Text Genealogy, Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique. Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde Südasiens 52-53 (2009-2010), pp. 121-159.
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• Book review: Jean Papin, Caraka Samhita. Traité fondamental de la médecine ayurvédique. 2. Les thérapeutiques. Avant-propos de Guy et Sylvain Mazars. Introduction, traduction et notes de Jean Papin. Éditions Almora, Paris 2009. In: Indo-Iranian Journal 55, 2012: 171-174.

Karin Preisendanz

• “The Initiation of the Medical Student in Early Classical Āyurveda: Caraka’s Treatment in Context”, in: B. Kellner et al. (eds.), Pramāṇakīrti. Papers Dedicated to Ernst Steinkellner on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday. Wien: Arbeitskreis für Tibetologie und Buddhismuskunde (2007), pp. 629-668.
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• “Logic, Debate and Epistemology in Ancient Indian Medical Science: An Investigation into the History and Historiography of Indian Philosophy. Part I.”, Indian Journal of History of Science 44 (2009), pp. 261-312.
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Ernst Prets

• “Theories of Debate, Proof and Counter-Proof in the Early Indian Dialectical Tradition”, in: Piotr Balcerowicz & Marek Mejor (eds.), On the Understanding of Other Cultures. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sanskrit and Related Studies to Commemorate the Centenary of the Birth of Stanislaw Schayer (1899–1941), Warsaw University, Poland, October 7–10. 1999, Warsaw: Oriental Institute, Warsaw University (2000), pp. 369-382.
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• “Futile and False Rejoinders, Sophistical Arguments and Early Indian Logic”, Journal of Indian Philosophy 29 (2001), pp.545-558.
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• “Parley, Reason and Rejoinder”, Journal of Indian Philosophy 31 (2003), pp. 271-283.
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• “Theories of Debate in the Context of Indian Medical History: Towards a Critical Edition of the Carakasaṃhitā”, in: Ramkaran Sharma (eds.), Encyclopedia of Indian Wisdom: Prof. Satya Vrat Shastri felicitation volume, Delhi: Bharatiya Vidya Prakashan (2005), pp. 394-403.
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• “On the Proof Passage of the Carakasaṃhitā: Editions, Manuscripts and Commentaries”, in: Brendan S. Gillon et al. (eds.), Logic in Earliest Classical India, Papers of the 12th World Sanskrit Conference, Vol. 10.2, Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers (2010), pp. 67-85.
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