Cikitsā vidyā
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cikitsā vidyā (T. gso ba rig pa གསོ་བ་རིག་པ་; yīfāng míng 醫方明).One of the "five sciences" (pañcavidyā) of ancient India. Translated as "science of medicine," "science of healing," "medical science," etc.[1][2]
This science is referred to as "sowa rigpa" (T. gso ba rig pa) in Tibetan. Also known as Traditional Tibetan medicine.
See also:
Notes
- ↑ Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. pañcavidyā
- ↑
醫方明, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
External links
Pañcavidyā, Wikipedia
Five major sciences, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
གསོ་བ་རིག་པ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary- རིག་གནས་ཆེ་བ་ལྔ་, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
