Hindu Medicine c5.s2.31

c5.s2.31

But so far I have spoken only of the way in which the documents of Hindu culture ought to be understood. What value does such an understanding have for the Western interpreter? The answer to this question depends on a clearer definition of the specific character of Hindu wisdom, and in this connection mythology assumes central importance. In India, the myth was neither destroyed nor replaced by philosophy; it remained at all times the teacher of man.¹⁵ As the highest embodiment of knowledge it clarifies the paradox of human existence, namely that man transcends