Buddhism and Medicine in Japan : : A Topical Survey (500-1600 CE) of a Complex Relationship / / Katja Triplett.
This book demonstrates the close link between medicine and Buddhism in early and medieval Japan. It may seem difficult to think of Japanese Buddhism as being linked to the realm of medical practices since religious healing is usually thought to be restricted to prayers for divine intervention. There...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019] ©2020 |
Rok wydania: | 2019 |
Język: | English |
Seria: | Religion and Society ,
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Opis fizyczny: | 1 online resource (XV, 259 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Acknowledgements -- Conventions -- Introduction -- 1. Buddhism, Medicine and Magic: The Boundary Problem -- 2. Operating with Buddhism -- 3. The Eye I: An Organ as a Site of Empowerment and Healing -- 4. The Eye II: Buddhist Healing and Living with Visual Impairment -- 5. Women: Care of the Reproductive Female Body -- 6. Plants: Materia medica, Medicinal Gardens and Panaceas -- 7. Horses and Equine Medicine -- Conclusion: Boundaries, Maps and Types of Othering -- Timeline -- List of Images -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Streszczenie: | This book demonstrates the close link between medicine and Buddhism in early and medieval Japan. It may seem difficult to think of Japanese Buddhism as being linked to the realm of medical practices since religious healing is usually thought to be restricted to prayers for divine intervention. There is a surprising lack of scholarship regarding medicinal practices in Japanese Buddhism although an overwhelming amount of primary sources proves otherwise. A careful re-reading of well-known materials from a study-of-religions perspective, together with in some cases a first-time exploration of manuscripts and prints, opens new views on an understudied field. The book presents a topical survey and comprises chapters on treating sight-related diseases, women’s health, plant-based materica medica and medicinal gardens, and finally horse medicine to include veterinary knowledge. Terminological problems faced in working on this material – such as ‘religious’ or ‘magical healing’ as opposed to ‘secular medicine’ – are assessed. The book suggests focusing more on the plural nature of the Japanese healing system as encountered in the primary sources and reconsidering the use of categories from the European intellectual tradition. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783110576214 9783110696288 9783110696271 9783110616859 9783110610765 9783110664232 9783110610741 9783110606508 9783110716825 |
ISSN: | 1437-5370 ; |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783110576214 |
Ograniczenie dostępu: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Katja Triplett. |