The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in the Comprehensive book of Rhazes /
"This work offers a critical analysis of the Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in Rhazes' (d. 925 CE) Comprehensive Book (or al-Kitāb al-Ḥāwī), a hugely famous and highly unusual medico-pharmaceutical encyclopedia originally written in Arabic. All text material appears in full Arabic wi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden :
Brill,
2015
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| Series: | Islamic Philosophy, Theology & Science: Texts & Studies ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- [1] Introduction
- 1. The Sanskrit sources
- A. Atreya
- B. Susruta
- C. Caraka
- D. Vagbhata
- E. Ravigupta
- F. Madhava
- G. Anonyma
- 2. The Syriac sources
- A. Sargis of Res'aina
- B. Slemon
- C. Gurgis bar Gabriel bar Boktyesu'
- D. Huzaye
- E. Iyob Urhaya
- F. Sem'on
- G. Yohannan bar Serapyon
- 3. The Persian sources
- A. Qahraman
- B. Ibn Abi Halid al-Farisi
- 4. Some general observations
- Note on metrological units
- [2] Texts and translations
- 1. The Sanskrit sources
- A. Atreya
- B. Susruta
- C. Caraka
- D. Vagbhata
- E. Ravigupta
- F. Madhava
- G. Anonyma
- 2. The Syriac sources
- A. Sargis of Res'aina
- B. Slemon
- C. Gurgis bar Gabriel bar Boktyesu'
- D. Huzaye
- E. Iyob Urhaya
- F. Sem'on
- G. Yohannan bar Serapyon
- 3. The Persian sources
- A. Qahraman
- B. Ibn Abi Halid al-Farisi
- 4. Variae Lectiones from RH3
- Glossaries
- 1. Arabic
- A. English-Arabic
- B. Arabic-English
- 2. Sanskrit
- A. English-Sanskrit
- B. Sanskrit-English
- 3. Botanical names
- A. English-Latin
- B. Latin-English.
