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Index
Title Page
Copyright Page
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Note on Transliteration, Pronunciation, and Translation
Chapter 1: Introduction: Narrativizing the Body
Intended Audience
Plan of the Book
Chapter 2: The Patient's Body in Indian Medical Literature
Medical Context and Organization
Bodytalk I: Diseases, Prognoses, and Therapies
Bodytalk II: The Three Humors
Medical Storytelling
Sources of Ayurveda: Carakasamhita and Susrutasamhita
Is there an Ayurvedic Way of Thinking (about the Body)?
Chapter 3: Fever
The Narrative of Fever
The Structure of Fever in Narrative Discourse
Fever in Brief Historical Outline
Fever and Attachment
Fever and Rudra's Anger
Chapter 4: Miscarriage
Text-Historical Framework of the Kasyapasamhita
Compendium Contents
Definitional Issues
The Narrative of Miscarriage
Character Sketches
From Heaven to Earth, from Goddess to Avatar
Reality and Experience: Men Attending to Women's Bodies
Nature versus Nurture
Chapter 5: The King's Disease
Terminology
The Narrative of the King's Disease
Regal and Mythic History
Astral and Terrestrial Observations
The Royal Patient
Chapter 6: The Joy of Life of Anandarayamakhin
The Joy of Life in Context
The Narrative Trajectory of The Joy of Life
The King's Disease and The Joy of Life
pravrtti-nivrtti/Vijnanasarman-Jnanasarman
Within the Walls of the Lotus City
Chapter 7: Conclusion: Medical Narratives and the Narrativized Patient
Medical Storytelling and Somatic Lessons
The Narrativized Patient
Glossary
Notes
References
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