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The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c7.s2.122

The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c7.s2.122

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c7.s2.122

It is rather a case of pure glory of a fire without hearth; lightning is a fire of this type. Moreover, the word naphtha does not appear to go back to the name of Apām Napāt but to the Accadian *naptu* (cf., A. Boissier, *Choix de texts relatifs à la divination assyro-babylonienne*, Vol. II, pp. 37-8; Ch. Virolleaud in *Babyloniaca*, III, 240).