Sri Lankan Ayurveda

[Dipak Bhattacharya]

This is very useful and encourages me to put a question. A student of mine working on Atharvavedic herbal plants says that he has some evidence for the currency of opium or a drug producing similar effects in the Atharvaveda. That, he thinks, was not marijuana. The existing theory is that opium was introduced in India much later. Is there any study or theory that opium was developed independently in India? I will see to it that any information given to us on this is gratefully acknowledged .
Best
DB

--- On Fri, 14/8/09, Dominik Wujastyk <d.wujastyk at UCL.AC.UK> wrote:


From: Dominik Wujastyk <d.wujastyk at UCL.AC.UK>
Subject: Re: Sri Lankan Ayurveda
To: INDOLOGY at liverpool.ac.uk
Date: Friday, 14 August, 2009, 2:15 AM


Jan Meulenbeld's monumental "A History of Indian Medical Literature" in 5 
vols (1999-2002) is the bible in this field.

The publications of Jinadasa Liyanaratne address Sri Lankan ayurveda 
specifically, and are excellent.

Meulenbeld's Annotated Bibliography of Indian Medicine (ABIM) is 
comprehensive, up-to-date, and keyword-searchable.  See:
http://indianmedicine.eldoc.ub.rug.nl/about-abim.html

Best,
-- 
Dr Dominik Wujastyk
International Institute of Asian Studies
http://iias.nl

long term email address: wujastyk at gmail.com




On Fri, 14 Aug 2009, Osto, Douglas wrote:

> Dear List Members,
>
> I have a student who has approached me with an interest in Sri Lankan Ayurveda (something I know very little about). Is anyone aware of any recent major studies that I can direct him to?
>
> Best wishes,
>
> d. osto
>
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