Ayurveda, 'far east' of the current health culture boom

For the first time, a seminal scripture of Ayurveda – the most ancient and important system of medicine in India – is being textually analysed and historically explored piece by piece through the existing manuscripts. A project funded by the Austrian Science Fund FWF aims to reconstruct a more authentic version of this treatise and its content. Methods from evolutionary biology are also being used in order to assess the originality of the different versions of the text, which was written in Sanskrit. Such innovative approaches can only further enhance Vienna’s status as a leading centre for critical editions and translations of ancient Indian writings.

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