The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.117

c8.117

¹ ibid., 1-2, the sorcerer declares that he pierces them (vidhyāmi). It is true that AV., VII,76,1, calls them “dry” but this is precisely because the stanza anounces beforehand the hoped-for result, to force it to produce itself. cf., V. Henry, Livre VII, p. 97.