A Concise History of Science in India c18.4

c18.4

Atomism, 447, 461-69, 589-90 Jaina, 44 Atranjikhera, 13, 287, 297 Ātreya Punarvasu, 52, 223, 261 Ātreya school, system, 226, 228-29 Atri, 60 Attar, 345, 397 Atthasālinī, 40 Attributes of matter, 470-72 *Audaka*, 425 Audayika system, 94 Aupadhenava, 226 *Aupapātika*, 42 Aurabhra, 226 *Auxi Tables*, 514 *Avakṣepaṇa*, 472 *Avalamvayana saṃhitā*, 231 *Avassaya*, 31 *Āvaśyaka*, 43 *Avesta*, 46, 257 medical data of, 216 *Avesta, Khorda*, 46 Avicenna, 269, 596 *Ayas*, 284, 289, 578 *Āyurveda*, 46, 213 ff. bovine, 254-55 classification and diagnosis of diseases, 246-48 common constituents of living and non-living matter, 237 cosmic origin of matter and life, 235-36 digestion, metabolism and elimination, 241-42 eight *aṅgas* or divisions, 227-28 elephants, 255 equine, 255 extant classical works, 226 general principles of treatment, 248-49 genetics and embryology, 238-39 influence in Central Asia, 261 influence in Tibet, 261 inorganic and metallic remedies, 253-54 lost treatises of, 226 maintenance of health, 243-44 *materia medica*, 251-52 medical anthropology, 242-43 origin and antiquity, 213-15 plant, 256-57 practice and application, 245-46 present condition, 266-68 sleep and dream, 244-45 special methods of treatment, 249-50 spread in ancient Iran and Hellenic countries, 257-59 spread in the Arabic world, 259–60 spread outside India, 257–62 static period in the middle age, 262–63 surgery, 250–51 theories and concepts, 235–45 theory of microcosm and philosophical concepts, 237–38 three humours, 239–41 works composed in the middle age, 263–64 *Āyurvedadīpikā*, 223 *Āyurvedic Saṃhitās*, 222–23 chronology of, 223–24 contents of, 224–25 Āyurvedic system of medicine, 52 Azimuth, *digamśa*, 105, 203 Azimuth circle, *dṛgmaṇḍala*, 105