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# Hindu Medicine c7.102

Hindu Medicine c7.102

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### [c7.102](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.102)

Tradition ascribes this hymn to a mythical author, to one Bhiṣaj Ātharvaṇa, that is, to the Vedic prototype of the doctor (bhiṣaj)—magician (ātharvaṇa), the founder and embodiment of the magic art of healing.

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