The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c6.31

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[^]: under the astral influence of stars representing the Aśvins, the medical gods. But in ancient India, the Aśvins do not appear to have been identified with Punarvasu; the constellation bearing their name (Aśvayuj, later Aśvins) and to whom they correspond as divinities (*Taitt. S.*, IV, 4, 10) is that of the Ram.