[INDOLOGY] Editions of The Roots of Ayurveda

[Dominik Wujastyk]

It's the one with Dhanvantari on the cover.

   - https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Ayurveda-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140448241
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   https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/286332/the-roots-of-ayurveda-by-various/9780140448245
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   https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/286332/the-roots-of-ayurveda-by-various/#


afaik it's still in print...


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On Mon, 29 Dec 2025 at 09:20, Patrick Olivelle <jpo at austin.utexas.edu>
wrote:

> Hi Dominik:
>
> I could not find this edition — at least could not identify it as the 3rd
> ed, even on Penguin/Random House website.
>
> Patrick
>
>
>
> On Dec 23, 2025, at 12:09 PM, Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <
> indology at list.indology.info> wrote:
>
> Dear friends,
>
> In 1998, I published *The Roots of Ayurveda* with Penguin India.  They
> did a great job and I was happy to be published by them, at the time.  In
> 2001 they produced a second updated edition that included some corrections.
>
> In protest at Bertelsmann's and Penguin India's craven submission to a
> right-wing challenge to my friend Wendy Doniger's book *The Hindus: An
> Alternative History* and their subsequent withdrawal of her book from the
> Indian market, I withdrew my book from the Penguin India and the Indian
> market.
>
> The 3rd, 2003 edition of *Roots* (Penguin, London & New York,
> ISBN 0-140-44824-1) was a major editorial update, completely re-typeset,
> and with a new index.  If you use the book, please always read and cite the
> 3rd edition.  Not just because of the politics, but because it's a
> significantly better edition.
>
> Sincerely,
> Dominik Wujastyk
>
> --
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> University of Alberta
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