224 index
45; research methods of, 44–45;
summary of, 42–51; theory of
psychopathology in, 49–51
ayurvedic medicines, 43, 48, 53–54;
composition of, 190; cost of, 51,
88n11
ayurvedic practitioners, 45, 55, 58
ayurvedic treatment, 51–58; advice in,
30; aesthetic experience of, 12,
53; as “pleasant” process, 103,
180–81, 195; as transformative
process, 12, 187; compared with
allopathic treatment, 11–12, 55,
66, 161, 167–68, 177–78, 180;
counseling in, 55–56; eff ect of,
53; goals of, 13–14, 47, 164–65;
kinds of, 101; reactions to,
167–68, 172–74; reluctance to, 11
Baer, Hans, 21
bahalam (agitation or tumult), 96,
105–6, 112
Banaras, 141
Beemapalli mosque: origin of, 78;
physical structure of, 77; seeking
treatment at, 31, 66–67; therapy
at, 79, 81, 182–83; travel to,
76–77; visitors at, 78
Bengal Medical Service, 59
biomedical discourse, 188
biomedicine. See allopathic medicines;
allopathic treatment; allopathy
biopiracy, 53
Birth, Kevin, 200
bōdham (consciousness), 14, 127,
147–48, 162. See also experience,
modes of
body, the, 15–16, 35; anthropology of,
38n6, 140; experiencing distress
through, 125
Bose, K. C., 55
British East India Company, 59
Brodwin, Paul, 21
cancer treatment, 166
caste struggles, 26
chaitanya (power, consciousness), 68, 74
Chapple, Helen, 166, 199
childbirth, 179, 198–99
China: embodiment in, 17–18;
pain in, 37n6
Chinese medicine, 20, 198
Chottanikkara temple, 34–35, 66–76;
daily routine at, 71–72; dietary
regimen at, 71; healing practices
at, 185; origin of, 68; physical
structure of, 70; possession and
mental illness at, 69, 71, 72–73,
76; restrictions at, 69
Christian missionary groups, 59
Christianity, 82
churches. See Vettucaud church
Cohen, Lawrence, 38n6, 141
Communist Party of India, 26
consciousness, modes of, 151. See also
experience, modes of
cosmopolitan medicine. See allopathic
medicines; allopathic treatment;
allopathy
counseling, 55–57, 83–84
Crandon-Malamud, Libbet, 21
Csordas, Th omas, 38n6
cure. See curing, concept of
curing, concept of, 13, 101, 165–66,
187–88; problematizing the, 160,
163–65, 191n1Daniel, E. Valentine, 114, 178–79
Das, Veena, 37n3, 141
depression, 196. See also idioms of
distress
Desai, Manali, 39n17, 60
Descartes, 139
Desjarlais, Robert, 19, 38n6, 38n9,
141, 163
Devi, R. Niranjana, 60
Devisch, René, 140