Traditional South Asian Medicine.Vol.8

Articles
EUGEN CIURTIN: Arion Thomas Roshu (1.2.1924-4.4.2007) - GERRIT JAN MEULENBELD: Some Neglected Aspects of Ayurveda or The Illusion of a Consistent Theory. II: The Susrutasamhita - OLIVER HELLWIG: Rasayana und die ayurvedische Krankheitskunde - MUHAMMED MAJEED; DAMODARAN SURESH KUMAR: Classification of Diseases in the Tamil Medical Work Vaittiyacintamani-800 of Yukimuni. I: Introduction - MAURO MAGGI: A Khotanese Medical Text on Poultices: Manuscripts P 2893 and IOL Khot S 9 - FRANCES GARRETT; VINCANNE ADAMS (JAMPA KELSANG; YUMBA; RENCHEN DHONDUP): The Three Channels in Tibetan Medicine. With a Translation of Tsultrim Gyaltsen's "A Clear Explanation of the Principal Structure and Location of the Circulatory Channels as Illustrated in the Medical Paintings" -MAKOTO KITADA: Sound and the Musician's Body - MINORU HARA: Sleep in Sanskrit Literature: nidra and svapna - KLAUS MYLIUS: Kalyanamallas Anangaranga übersetzt und erläutert (III) - MANDAKRANTA BOSE: Miraculous Maternity: A Gender Paradox in the Bengali Ramayana - WILLEM B. BOLLÉE: Dogs in a Rare Zoological Book in Sanskrit

Reviews and Notices
MAKOTO KITADA: Daliya Baduri, Carak'samhitar darsanik bhabana-samiksa - RAHUL PETER DAS: Lallanji Gopal, Vrksayurveda in Ancient India. (With Original Texts and Translation) - MAARTEN BODE: Ranjit Roy Chaudhury; Uton Muchtar Rafei (eds.), Traditional Medicine in Asia - ANANDA SAMIR CHOPRA: Rahul Peter Das, The Origin of the Life of a Human Being. Conception and the Female according to Ancient Indian Medical and Sexological Literature - CATHARINA KIEHNLE: Joseph S. Alter, Yoga in Modern India. The Body between Science and Philosophy - RAHUL PETER DAS: Eugen Ciurtin (ed.), Du corps humain, au carrefour de plusiers savoirs en Inde. Mélanges offerts à Arion Rosu par ses collègues et ses amis à l'occasion de son 80e anniversaire. The Human Body, at the Crossroads of Multiple Indian Ways of Knowing. Papers Presented to Arion Rosu by his Colleagues and Friends on the

"Volume 8 of Tradtional South Asian Medicine covers a broad spektrum of topics related to medicine science in both ancient and modern South Asia. Although the contents may not be focused on a specific theme, time period, or source language, and despite its irregular appearance, the extra-ordinary quality of the contributions in the journal males it an important periodical in the field of Indian medicine." (Orientalistische Literaturzeitung. 105 (2010) 1. Sp. 104-106)