Hereditary Physicians of Kerala: Traditional Medicine and Ayurveda in Modern India by Menon, Indudharan

Hereditary Physicians of Kerala: Traditional Medicine and Ayurveda in Modern India (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781138617308)

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Hereditary Physicians of Kerala: Traditional Medicine and Ayurveda in Modern India by Menon, Indudharan

Hereditary Physicians of Kerala: Traditional Medicine and Ayurveda in Modern India

$200.00
Hereditary Physicians of Kerala: Traditional Medicine and Ayurveda in Modern India by Menon, Indudharan

Hereditary Physicians of Kerala: Traditional Medicine and Ayurveda in Modern India

$200.00
Format: Hardcover
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This book examines the history and evolution of Ayurveda and indigenous medical traditions in juxtaposition with their encounter with colonial modernity. It focuses on Kerala's hereditary folk and Ayurvedic practitioners and discusses relevant geographical, historical, socio-cultural and regional contexts.



Author: Indudharan Menon
ISBN-10: 113861730X
ISBN-13: 9781138617308
Publisher: Routledge India
Language: English
Published: 12/20/2018
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.63d
By Indudharan Menon
By Indudharan Menon
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Indudharan Menon is Visiting Scholar at the Science and Society Programme, National Centre for Biological Sciences (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research), Bengaluru, India. As an Indologist who has studied and extensively researched traditional Indian medicine, sciences and philosophy, he has also coordinated research projects involving traditional Indian vaidyas, biomedical doctors and ethnobotanists. His publications include the book The Concealed Essence of the Hevajra Tantra (1992) and papers in the Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine (2010) and Current Science (2014).

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