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Record Nr.

UNINA9910511423703321

Autore

Kahl Oliver

Titolo

The Sanskrit, Syriac and Persian sources in the Comprehensive book of Rhazes / / Oliver Kahl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden, Netherlands ; ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Brill, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

90-04-29024-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (501 pages)

Collana

Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies, , 0169-8729 ; ; Volume 93

Disciplina

610

Soggetti

Sanskrit language

Syriac language

Persian language

Medicine, Medieval

Medicine, Arab

Pharmacy - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Front Matter -- Introduction -- The Sanskrit Sources -- The Syriac Sources -- The Persian Sources -- Variae Lectiones from RḤ³ -- List of Abbreviations and Bibliography -- Glossaries.

Sommario/riassunto

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 with English translations throughout, whilst the traceable Indian fragments are represented here, for the first time, in both the original Sanskrit and corresponding English translations. The philological core of the book is framed by a detailed introductory study on the transmission of Indian, Syrian and Iranian medicine and pharmacy to the Arabs, and by extensive bilingual glossaries of relevant Arabic and Sanskrit terms as well as Latin botanical identifications. The World Award for the Book of the Year of the Islamic



Republic of Iran has selected this title as one the best books of the year 2015 in the field of Islamic/ Iranian Studies.