Buddhist Medical Demonology in The Sūtra of the Seven Buddhas

This essay begins with a brief discussion of the marginalization of demonology in the study of both Indian Buddhist traditions and Ayurvedic medicine. Unlike the study of Buddhist traditions in other geographic regions, there has been relatively little scholarship on the dialogue between Indian Budd...

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Main Author: Krug, Adam C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2019]
In: Religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 10, Issue: 4, Pages: 1-21
Further subjects:B Demonology
B Buddhist medicine
B Ayurveda
B kriyātantra
B Disenchantment
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