A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.18

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24 Śraddhā means the desire for food, the longing experienced by pregnant women, etc., in āyurvedic texts, but it has another, more general, meaning here. See on the religious meanings of this important concept: G. Bhattacharya (1971); E.B. Findley (1992); P. Hacker (1963); M. Hara (1963); H.-W. Köhler (1973); S.K. Lal (1980): 199–208; S. Lévi (1898): 108–121; H. Oldenberg (1996): 448–450.