A Note on Klb yārh in al-Bīrūnī’s Autobibliography

This short article proposes two possible explanations of the opaque term klb yārh (كلب ياره), which makes an isolated appearance in the autobibliography of Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (d. ca. 440/1048). There, it is registered as the title of an otherwise unknown Indian medical work which al-Bīrūnī himself...

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Main Author: Kahl, Oliver (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Arabica
Year: 2024, Volume: 71, Issue: 3, Pages: 359-365
Further subjects:B al-Bīrūnī
B étymologies sanskrites
B Sanskrit etymologies
B klb yārh
B Ayurvedic works
B autobibliography
B ouvrages ayurvédiques
B auto-bibliographie
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Summary:This short article proposes two possible explanations of the opaque term klb yārh (كلب ياره), which makes an isolated appearance in the autobibliography of Abū Rayḥān al-Bīrūnī (d. ca. 440/1048). There, it is registered as the title of an otherwise unknown Indian medical work which al-Bīrūnī himself says he translated from Sanskrit into Arabic.
ISSN:1570-0585
Contains:Enthalten in: Arabica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15700585-20231684