History of Science in South Asia

Volume 5, numéro 2, 2017 Special Issue - Transmutations: Rejuvenation, Longevity, and Immortality Practices in South and Inner Asia Sous la direction de Dagmar Wujastyk, Suzanne Newcombe et Christèle Barois

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Sommaire (10 articles)

Editorial

  1. Introduction

Articles

  1. Acts of Improvement: On the Use of Tonics and Elixirs in Sanskrit Medical and Alchemical Literature
  2. Stretching Life Out, Maintaining the Body. Part I: Vayas in Medical Literature
  3. Rasāyana in Classical Yoga and Ayurveda
  4. Yogis, Ayurveda, and Kayakalpa: The Rejuvenation of Pandit Malaviya
  5. Mastering Deathlessness: Some Remarks on Kaṟpam Preparations in the Medico-Alchemical Literature of the Tamil Siddhas
  6. Tibetan Bonpo Mendrup: The Precious Formula’s Transmission
  7. Reflections on Rasāyana, Bcud Len and Related Practices in Nyingma (Rnying Ma) Tantric Ritual
  8. Tibetan Precious Pills as Therapeutics and Rejuvenating Longevity Tonics
  9. The Flame and the Breeze: Life and Longevity Practices in Three Bengali Sufi Texts from the Long Seventeenth Century

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