[INDOLOGY] Psychological effect of vāta-doṣa

[rajam]

It may help to look at the Tamil side also. in Tamil, the word vātam (வாதம்) has two semantic levels — one physical; another non-verbal, which sociologists may describe as ‘psychological / mental’ aspect. 

best,
rajam 


> On Aug 28, 2022, at 8:32 AM, Itamar Ramot via INDOLOGY <indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
> 
> Thank you all for these suggestions. This is very helpful!
> 
> Best,
> 
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2022 at 4:23 AM Itamar Ramot <itamar.ramot at gmail.com <mailto:itamar.ramot at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Dear All,
> 
> Is anyone familiar with a none physical effect of vāta-doṣa? Dictionaries translate vāta as gout or rheumatism, but in the context where I found this term, it seems as if it should have a more psychological/mental effect, such as madness or delusion. Any suggestions?
> 
> Best,
> 
> -- 
> Itamar Ramot 
> PhD Candidate, South Asian Languages and Civilizations
> University of Chicago
> itamarramot at uchicago.edu <mailto:itamarramot at uchicago.edu>
> https://salc.uchicago.edu/profiles/itamar-ramot <https://salc.uchicago.edu/profiles/itamar-ramot>
> 
> -- 
> Itamar Ramot 
> PhD Candidate, South Asian Languages and Civilizations
> University of Chicago
> itamarramot at uchicago.edu <mailto:itamarramot at uchicago.edu>
> https://salc.uchicago.edu/profiles/itamar-ramot <https://salc.uchicago.edu/profiles/itamar-ramot>
> _______________________________________________
> INDOLOGY mailing list
> INDOLOGY at list.indology.info
> https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://list.indology.info/pipermail/indology/attachments/20220828/ff6132ac/attachment.htm>