Modern and Global Ayurveda: Pluralism and Paradigms

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Dagmar Wujastyk, Frederick M. Smith
State University of New York Press, 2008 - History - 349 pages
Modern and Global Ayurveda provides an overview of the relatively recent history of Ayurveda in its modern and globalized forms. One of the traditional medical systems originating on the Indian subcontinent, Ayurveda is fast becoming a transnational phenomenon. Contributors to this volume include both scholars and practitioners of Ayurveda. The wide range of perspectives they offer include the philosophical, anthropological, sociopolitical, economic, biomedical, and pharmacological.

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About the author (2008)

Dagmar Wujastyk is an independent scholar pursuing her PhD in Indology at Bonn University, Germany.

Frederick M. Smith is Professor of Sanskrit and Classical Indian Religions at the University of Iowa.

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