Naming and forgetting: Sowa Rigpa and the territory of Asian medical systems
Medicine Anthropology Theory | An open-access journal in the anthropology of health, illness, and medicine
Format:
Journal Article
Publication Year:
Submitted
Pages:
87
Source ID:
shanti-sources-92951
Collection:
Himalayan and Tibetan Medicine
Abstract:
Sowa Rigpa is generally translated as 'the science of healing' and often used synonymously for 'Tibetan medicine'. Historically, Sowa Rigpa can be considered a borrowed term from Sanskrit, accompanied by an adopted sense of