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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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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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. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0585 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Arabica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700585-20231684 |
