[INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer

[Dagmar Wujastyk]

In David G. White's *Alchemical Body*, he describes some stories about
eating the flesh of alchemists. See here
<https://books.google.ca/books?id=pQuqAAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=David+Gordon+White+alchemical+body&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=flesh&f=false>
(I hope the link works for you).
Human flesh also occurs as an ingredient in some alchemical works, even in
late ones such as the Rasajalanidhi (actually, the reference in that work
is about an oil derived from a human's body, so not flesh consumption,
strictly speaking). There is a recipe in Rāvana's Arkaprakāśa, in which
human flesh is used as an agent against poison. There is also a recipe for
a pill based on human flesh in the Rasasāra by Govinda. And human flesh and
blood also occur as ingredients in the Rasopaniṣad. See J.G.
Meulenbeld's *History
of Indian Medical Literature*, Volume IIA, pages 467, 693 and 738
respectively for exact references.
Grizzly topic!

Best wishes, Dagmar

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On 25 April 2016 at 10:36, Dean Michael Anderson via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

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> Subject: Re: [INDOLOGY] Eating flesh of a jogi, a magician, a healer
> The place to look would be the texts and tales of "left-handed" tantra.
> I'm not familiar with the older texts but I do know that in places with
> famous burning grounds like Varanasi and Kathmandu the families guard the
> bodies to prevent tantriks from eating the flesh of the deceased. I have
> read about this in modern stories, and talked to people who have seen it.
> It is certainly very much still alive in the minds of modern Indians and
> Nepalis.
>
> Best,
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> Dean Anderson
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> On Sun, Apr 24, 2016 at 8:35 PM, Artur Karp <karp at uw.edu.pl> wrote:
>
> In "Śahr Safidon ki kahani" (published by Richard Temple, The Legends of
> the Panjab , Vol. I (No XVI,
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> Bombay 1884 [Reprints: 1962, 1977] -
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> his disciples eat flesh of their Guru, Dhanthar Baid - in order to gain
> his powers  Is this motif found somewhere else in Indian narratives?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Artur Karp
>
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> Poland
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