Humours and their Legacy in Early Buddhist Medicine

In this paper, I analyze the Buddhist humoral theory primarily presented in the suttas of the Pāli Canon through a comparative study with other medical theories developed within the Indo-European tradition, specifically Hippocratic and Āyurvedic medicine. The aim is to trace possible historical dev...

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Main Author: Federico Divino
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Alberta 2025-01-01
Series:History of Science in South Asia
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Online Access:https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/hssa/index.php/hssa/article/view/118
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