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Vital Life Centres In Thanuology Paduvarma Thirattu
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Book Synopsis Vital Life-centres in Thanuology (paduvarma Thirattu) by : Es Citamparatāṇuppiḷḷai
Download or read book Vital Life-centres in Thanuology (paduvarma Thirattu) written by Es Citamparatāṇuppiḷḷai and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On Siddha system of medicine.
Book Synopsis Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets by : Roman Sieler
Download or read book Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets written by Roman Sieler and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets provides an ethnographic study of varmakkalai, or "the art of the vital spots," a South Indian esoteric tradition that combines medical practice and martial arts. Although siddha medicine is officially part of the Indian Government's medically pluralistic health-care system, very little of a reliable nature has been written about it. Drawing on a diverse array of materials, including Tamil manuscripts, interviews with practitioners, and his own personal experience as an apprentice, Sieler traces the practices of varmakkalai both in different religious traditions--such as Yoga and Ayurveda--and within various combat practices. His argument is based on in-depth ethnographic research in the southernmost region of India, where hereditary medico-martial practitioners learn their occupation from relatives or skilled gurus through an esoteric, spiritual education system. Rituals of secrecy and apprenticeship in varmakkalai are among the important focal points of Sieler's study. Practitioners protect their esoteric knowledge, but they also engage in a kind of "lure and withdrawal"---a performance of secrecy---because secrecy functions as what might be called "symbolic capital." Sieler argues that varmakkalai is, above all, a matter of texts in practice; knowledge transmission between teacher and student conveys tacit, non-verbal knowledge, and constitutes a "moral economy." It is not merely plain facts that are communicated, but also moral obligations, ethical conduct and tacit, bodily knowledge. Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets is an insightful analysis of practices rarely discussed in scholarly circles. It will be a valuable resource to students of religion, medical anthropologists, historians of medicine, Indologists, and martial arts and performance studies.
Book Synopsis Medium Life-centres in Thanuology by : Es Citamparatāṇuppiḷḷai
Download or read book Medium Life-centres in Thanuology written by Es Citamparatāṇuppiḷḷai and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the vital points (varmas) in human body, their diseases, and cures according to the Siddha system in Indic medicine.
Book Synopsis Taṭṭu varmat tiraṭṭu by : Es Citamparatāṇuppiḷḷai
Download or read book Taṭṭu varmat tiraṭṭu written by Es Citamparatāṇuppiḷḷai and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: