[INDOLOGY] Editions of The Roots of Ayurveda

[David and Nancy Reigle]

Just to confirm: My copy of *The Roots of Ayurveda* with Dhanvantari on the
cover does not specify 3rd edition on the copyright page. It only says:

First published by Penguin Books India 1998
This revised edition published 2003

Copyright Dominik Wujastyk, 1998, 2003

However, at the end of the Acknowledgements there is a new page, page xi,
with the heading "THIRD EDITION," followed by a brief paragraph by Dominik
about this edition.

Best regards,

David Reigle
Colorado, U.S.A.

On Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM Dominik Wujastyk via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info> wrote:

> It's the one with Dhanvantari on the cover.
>
>    - https://www.amazon.com/Roots-Ayurveda-Penguin-Classics/dp/0140448241
>    -
>    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/286332/the-roots-of-ayurveda-by-various/9780140448245
>    -
>    https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/286332/the-roots-of-ayurveda-by-various/#
>
>
> afaik it's still in print...
>
>
> --
> Dominik Wujastyk, Professor Emeritus, Classical Indian History
> University of Alberta
>
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> 3.01
>
>
>
> 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
>>
>> --
>> Dominik Wujastyk, Professor Emeritus, Classical Indian History
>> University of Alberta
>>
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>> and service."
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>> <https://www.ualberta.ca/human-resources-health-safety-environment/media-library/my-employment/agreements/2020-2024-collective-agreement---working-version.pdf>
>> 3.01
>>
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