Book ID: CBB464699643

The Indian System of Human Marks (2016)

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Zysk, Kenneth G. (Editor)


Brill Academic Publishers


Publication Date: 2016
Physical Details: 954 pp.
Language: EnglishSanskrit

In The Indian System of Human Marks, Zysk offers a literary history of the Indian system of knowledge which details divination by means of the marks on the bodies of both men and women. The history covers from earliest times to modern-day and includes the earliest texts and their translations.

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Review Marko Geslani (2016) Review of "The Indian System of Human Marks". Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity (pp. 265-267). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Mukharji, Projit Bihari
Mutalik, Gururaj
Tillu, Girish
Patwardhan, Bhushan
Ritika Ganguly
Madhavan, Harilal
Journals
Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity
Osiris: A Research Journal Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Studies in History of Medicine and Science
Social History
Publishers
University of Chicago Press
Routledge
Oxford University Press
New York University Press
Liaoning Education Press
Egbert Forsten
Concepts
Medicine, ayurvedic
Medicine, traditional
Medicine
India, civilization and culture
Biomedicine
Traditional knowledge
People
Galen
Time Periods
Modern
20th century, early
19th century
Ancient
20th century
Medieval
Places
India
Kerala (India)
South India
South Asia
Himalayan Mountains (Nepal)
Tamil Nadu (India)
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