Ayurveda (English spelling)

Japanese: 《Āyurveda》(英語表記)Ayurveda
Ayurveda (English spelling)

… [Kenji Muraoka]
[India]
In the Vedic period, when the causes of illness were believed to be primarily supernatural and magical, the focus of treatment was incantation, and priests also played the role of physicians. When experience and knowledge of illnesses and medicinal plants were accumulated and compiled into the system known as Āyurveda, physicians became a specialized profession independent of the priests. Already in the 6th century BCE, there were two centers of medicine.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Āyurveda" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…【村岡 健次】
[インド]
 病気の原因が主として超自然的な魔力に帰せられていたベーダ時代では治療の中心は呪法であり,祭官が医者の役割を兼ねていた。病気や薬草に関する経験と知識が積み重ねられ《アーユル・ベーダĀyurveda》という体系へとまとめられていったとき,医者は祭官から独立した専門的職業になった。すでに前6世紀には二つの医学の中心地があった。…

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