[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Hindu Medicine](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948) › c7.217 # Hindu Medicine c7.217 Hindu Medicine c7.217 - **Language:** English ### [c7.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.217) Flowers, grains, jewels and other gifts (typical implements of pūjā) are offered to the deities; the portraits of Brahmin saints and medical men of antiquity, constituting the ancestral line of medical tradition, are drawn on the ground to conjure their spiritual presence. This usage, common in Tantric Hinduism, again derives from pre-Aryan tradition. - [Previous: c7.216](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.216) - [Next: c7.218](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.218) - [Up: c7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.217](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.zimmer-1948.c7.217) · Pramāṇa