Bathing Practices as a Religious and Medical Encounter: Water, Climate and Health Across Monsoon Asia
This study explores the intersection between religious and medical bathing practices across Monsoon Asia, with particularly reference to āyurvedic and Buddhist traditions. While previous scholarship has emphasised the ritualistic and social dimensions of bathing in Brahmanical and Buddhist contexts,...
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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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2025
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Religions
Year: 2025, Volume: 16, Issue: 1 |
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Water
B Buddhism B Asia B Health |
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