Epidemics and Crisis Management

in Pre-modern South Asia

Category: Publications

  • New publication: On Epidemics

    Vitus Angermeier. “On Epidemics: A Preliminary Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of Carakasaṃhitā 3.3.” Asian Literature and Translation 13, 1 (2026): 1–41. doi.org/10.18573/alt.95. This is a preliminary critical edition and new annotated translation of the third chapter in the Vimānasthāna section of the Carakasaṃhitā. As the chapter’s title suggests, its primary subject is epidemics, a → Read more

  • New publication: Warfare, Droughts, Brahminicides: Crisis and Kingship in South Asian Antiquity

    Angermeier, Vitus. “Warfare, Droughts, Brahminicides: Crisis and Kingship in South Asian Antiquity.” In: Melina Tamiolaki and Markus Zimmermann (eds.), The Concept of Crisis in Antiquity. Interdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Perspectives. Trends in Classics. De Gruyter, 2026. doi.org/10.1515/9783112217061-0. Author accepted manuscript available here: doi.org/10.17613/sysjf-zz388. This publication is part of the proceedings of a conference on “Conceptualizing Crisis → Read more

  • New Publication: Dharma and the Physicians: Ethic Reflections in Early Ayurvedic Literature

    Angermeier, Vitus. “Dharma and the Physicians: Ethic Reflections in Early Ayurvedic Literature.” In Visages Du Dharma, edited by Christèle Barois and Silvia D’Intino, 71–94. Puruṣārtha 39. Paris: éditions EHESS, 2023. http://editions.ehess.fr/ouvrages/ouvrage/visages-du-dharma/ Accepted manuscript available here: https://doi.org/10.17613/j0xc-4s48 This article is rather preliminary work than an outcome of this research project, but, due to some delays, was → Read more

  • New publication: The Seasons in Ancient Indian Medicine

    Angermeier, Vitus. 2022. “The Seasons in Ancient Indian Medicine: Long Winters or Extensive Rains?”. History of Science in South Asia 10 (October). Edmonton, Canada:247-71. https://doi.org/10.18732/hssa89. This article, in parts based on an older draft, is the first publication resulting from research done within the frame of the epidemics project. Because the chapter on the seasons → Read more

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