Reaching the End of the World: An Anthropological Reading of Early Buddhist Medicine and Ascetic Practices

This article aims to analyze the ideas of health and illness in ancient Buddhism, making use of the theoretical tools of medical anthropology and historical–philological inquiry. As a contribution to the conceptual history of medicine in Buddhism, I intend to focus the present investigation on the a...

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Main Author: Divino, Federico (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2023
In: Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 2
Further subjects:B Buddhist medicine
B Ernesto De Martino
B meditation and medicine
B anthropology of consciousness
B Medical anthropology
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