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The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in the Comprehensive book of Rhazes / by Oliver Kahl.
Van Pelt Library R128.3.R313 K34 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kahl, Oliver.
- Series:
- Islamic philosophy, theology, and science ; v. 93.
- Islamic philosophy, theology and science. Texts and studies ; volume 93
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Sanskrit
- Syriac
- Subjects (All):
- Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925? Kitāb al-Ḥāwī fī al-ṭibb.
- Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā.
- Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?--Sources.
- Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā, 865?-925?.
- Sanskrit language--Texts.
- Sanskrit language.
- Syriac language--Texts.
- Syriac language.
- Pharmacy.
- History.
- Persian language.
- Persian language--Texts.
- Medicine, Medieval.
- Medicine, Arab.
- Pharmacy--History--To 1500.
- Genre:
- Texts.
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 487 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]
- Language Note:
- Text in Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian with English translation; introduction and notes in 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.
- 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
- 4. Variae Lectiones from RH3
- List of Abbreviations and Bibliography 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004290259
- 9004290257
- OCLC:
- 900685688
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