Ayurveda and the planets
Martin Gansten
Martin.Gansten at TEOL.LU.SE
Mon Jul 19 09:36:33 UTC 2004
>No, classical ayurveda doesn't make such a link. In works up to about
>1200, that is. The best-known work that tries to be astrological as well
>as medical is the Virasimhavaloka of 1383.
Thanks, Dominik. I have heard of the Virasimhavaloka, but never seen it.
Does it, or any other text that you are familiar with, explicitly say that
vata corresponds to planet X, vata-pitta to planet Y, etc? I would be very
grateful for any such references, if they exist.
Regards,
Martin Gansten
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