The role of alchemy and medicine in Indo-Tibetan tantrism /
Published by : Indiana University. Physical details: vii, 227 p. :
Subject(s):
Tantric Buddhism
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India.
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Tantric Buddhism
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China
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Tibet Autonomous Region.
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Medicine
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Buddhism.
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Religious aspects
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India
Year: 1980
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The present work explores scientific aspects of Tantric customs and practices involving the traditional sciences of medicine and alchemy. The approach to this subject is framed by an opening discussion of their place in some doctrines and methods shared by Gnosticism and Tantrism.
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