The Positive Background of Hindu Sociology c13.s6.49

c13.s6.49

Treatises on snakes (*sarpavidyā*), on poisons (*viṣavidyā*), auguring, talismans, veterinary art, sex-lore, logic, ethics, politics, war, and general philosophy are known to have been translated by the Saracens. The Moslem authors wrote also commentaries, adaptations and summaries etc. of the Hindu books.