The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.168
The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c8.168
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Kilāsa is found in the *Atharvaveda* along with *palitá*, denoting "pale", but is classically applied to hair turned white by age or pain² and the exorcism of the hymn I, 23, aims to restore the normal colouring, weakened by *kilāsa* and *palitá*. This hymn is important enough to be examined in its entirety:
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- Atharvavedasaṃhitā — Atharvan & Aṅgiras, Sanskrit