his incantations, medicines, and surgery: #στασεν %ρθο3 (Pyth. 3. 53), the
same lexical elements as in tis
̇
t
̇ha urdhváh
̇. That the same words are used in
Vedic and Greek for ‘(cause to) stand upright’ is a trivial fact. What is much
more interesting is that in both traditions the phrase is used as the expression
of successful healing.
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