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| Article name | “Vinayavastu”’s Food and Drug Administration |
| Authors | Zhabon Y.Z. Candidate of History, yumzhan@gmail.com |
| Bibliographic description | Zhabon Yu. Zh. “Vinayavastu”’s Food and Drug Administration // Humanitarian Vector. 2018. Vol. 13, No.1. PP. 169–174. |
| Section | ORIENTAL STUDIES |
| UDK | 93/94 (093) (515) |
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| Annotation | Ancient medical evidences of the “Vinayavastu” have a special importance in modern conditions of differentiation and integration of different types of scientific knowledge; it expands the range of informative sources. The main purpose of this research is the source study. The author uses the traditional method of source analysis, which consists in revealing the structure and content of the text. In presenting of the “Vinayavastu” data a comparative approach is applied, i. e. a comparison of the general and specific aspects of taking of medicines and food in the ancient Indian and Tibetan Buddhist monastic community. Of these medicines and food, the focus is on “allowed medicines” or “four types of medicines” (sman rnam pa bzhi), personally prescribed by the Buddha: medicines that are allowed to be taken before noon (тиб. dus su rung ba/ санскр. yāma-kālika); at any time during one day (тиб. thun tshod du rung ba/ санскр. yāva-kālika); for seven days (тиб. zhag bdun pa/ санскр. saptaka-kālika) and during the life (тиб. ‘tsho ba’i bar du bcang ba/ санскр. yāvaj-jīvika). We conclude that the Tibetan monastic Sangha successfully adapted Indian products and medicines of Vinaya. However, along with this, based on their geographical and severe climate living conditions, they replaced some of them with traditional Tibetan food. |
| Key words | history of medicine, Tibetan medicine, source study, Vinaya, “Vinayavastu”, “allowed medicines” |
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