Ali M
Indian Institute of History of Medicine, Hyderabad, India.
Bull Indian Inst Hist Med Hyderabad. 1996;26(1-2):11-38.
A brief history of Indian alchemy covering the pre-vedic, vedic and Ayurvedic periods (Circa 4000 B.C. to 800 A.D.) was given in one of the previous issues of this Bulletin, i.e. Volume 23, NO.2, July, 1993, pp. 151-166. In continuation of the same, this article is presented here, giving an account of the development of the chemical knowledge in India during transitional and tantric periods (circa 800 A.D. to 1300 A.D.).
本公报前一期(即第23卷,第2期,1993年7月,第151 - 166页)刊载了一篇关于印度炼金术简史的文章,涵盖了吠陀之前、吠陀时期和阿育吠陀时期(约公元前4000年至公元800年)。作为该文章的延续,本文在此呈现,讲述印度在过渡时期和密宗时期(约公元800年至1300年)化学知识的发展情况。