The Human Character Types in Ancient India

This paper is a study of the transmission and assimilation of ideas and motifs in different types of Sanskrit literature in ancient India. I examine the classification of both male and female character types in three different Sanskrit literary genres: Jyotiḥśāstra, Āyurveda and Nāṭyaśāstra. The res...

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Main Author: Zysk, Kenneth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Indo-Iranian journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 61, Issue: 3, Pages: 218-261
Further subjects:B Nāṭyaśāstra Jyotiḥśāstra Gārgīyajyotiṣa Āyurveda puruṣastrīlakṣaṇa physiognomy Kāmaśāstra character types knowledge transmission
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