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A global history of Buddhism and medicine / C. Pierce Salguero.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Salguero, C. Pierce, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--Religious aspects--Buddhism.
- Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2022]
- Summary:
- This book is a wide-ranging and accessible account of the interplay between Buddhism and medicine over the past two and a half millennia. C. Pierce Salguero traces the intertwining threads linking ideas, practices, and texts from many different times and places.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Practices and Doctrinal Perspectives
- 1. Nikāya Buddhism
- 2. Mahāyāna Buddhism
- 3. Tantric Buddhism
- 4. Common Questions
- Part II: Historical Currents and Transformations
- 5. Circulations
- 6. Translations
- 7. Localizations
- 8. Modernizations
- 9. Contemporary Buddhist Medicine
- Conclusion
- Notes
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Salguero, C. Pierce A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine
- ISBN:
- 9780231546072
- OCLC:
- 1245247355
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