ʿalī Ibn Sahl Rabban Aṭ-Ṭabarī The Indian Books: A New Edition of the Arabic Text and First-Time English Translation (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004523296)

ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī's Indian Books, completed in the year 850 CE as an appendix to his medico-philosophical chef-d'oeuvre "Paradise of Wisdom", belong to the most remarkable texts in Arabic scientific literature. The Indian Books offer a unique, interpretative summary of the main tenets of Ayurvedic medicine, as understood by Arabic-speaking scholars on the basis of now lost translations from Sanskrit. The present book centres around a critical edition and annotated translation of this crucial text, framed by a detailed introduction and extensive glossaries of terms. Ṭabarī's learned exposé of Ayurveda also throws a more nuanced light on the allegedly uncontested supremacy of Greek humoralism in 9th-century Arabic medicine.

Author: ʿalī Ibn Sahl Rabban Aṭ-
ISBN-10: 9004523294
ISBN-13: 9789004523296
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 08/26/2022
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover