The Pandits and Jesuits
traces of Ayurvedic Medicine at the Society of Jesus Colleges in State of India (16th-18th cen-turies)
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Ayurveda, Society of Jesus, India (16th centuries -18th century)Abstract
In 1542, when the first missionaries arrived in Goa, medicine Ayurveda dates back more than a millennium in written form. Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Society of Jesus built a complex missionary mission as educational and catechetical activities in the East. The renowned colleges shelters not only the young students, priests and brothers, but also were great centers that produce and disseminate religious, botanical, pharmaceutical and medical knowledge. This article aims to highlight the presence of Indian Vaidyas doctors, called by the Portuguese as panditos, as well as the knowledge and healing practices of Ayurvedic medicine that confronted and dialogued with the Ignatians. Traces of hybridized medicine recorded in the Jesuit texts, which circulated through the networks of the Portuguese Empire in the modern age.
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