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Advaita Vedānta philosophy, 143
agriculture, 24
allopathic hospitals, 60, 62–63
allopathic medicines, 59, 64–66;
composition of, 190; experience
taking, 117–18, 131–32;
fl uoxetine, 65; haloperidol, 64–65,
135n5; Hexidol, 99, 135n5; side
eff ects of, 118, 159, 178
allopathic treatment, 58–66; aesthetic
experience of, 12, 176–77, 202;
availability of, 62, 190; compared
with ayurvedic treatment, 11–12,
55, 66, 161, 167–68, 177–78,
180; counseling in, 57; goals of,
13–14, 189; inpatient care in,
66; outpatient care in, 63–66;
palliative care in, 166–67;
reactions to, 167–68, 175–77;
speed of, 14, 116, 189,
190–91, 195
allopathy, 11, 34, 36n1, 42, 58–66;
compared with ayurveda,
43–44; concept of cure in,
160; concept of time in, 162,
189; disease entities in, 188;
hegemony of, 155, 181; history
in India of, 59–60; in colonial
and postcolonial period, 181;
popular media discourses of, 15;
promotion of, 60
Alter, Joseph, 13, 20, 46–47, 164, 186,
187, 201
alternative medicine, 43
Amma-Narayana (divinity), 67. See also
Chottanikkara temple
Arnold, David, 59
Arya Vaidya Sala, 48, 51, 60
Ashram, Divy Shanti, 84
astrology, 85
ati (hit, spank, slap or beat), 107–09
ātman (intangible, true self, soul), 18,
30, 142–43, 147, 162. See also
experience, modes of
ayurveda, 11, 34, 41–42;
commodifi cation of, 48;
compared with allopathy,
43–44; concept of time in, 162;
disease entities in, 188–89;
features of, 45–48; in colonial
and postcolonial period, 181;
in other parts of the world, 48;
medical texts in, 43–44; origins
of, 60; philosophy of, 44, 49;
popular media discourses of,
156; promotion of, 60; purism in,