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Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets: Medicine and Martial Arts in South India Sieler, Roman (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Heidelberg University)
Lethal Spots, Vital Secrets: Medicine and Martial Arts in South India
Sieler, Roman (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Heidelberg University)
This book provides an ethnographic study of varmakkalai, or 'the art of the vital spots,' a South Indian esoteric tradition that combines medical practice and martial arts.
322 pages, 24 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 25, 2015 |
| ISBN13 | 9780190243852 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 322 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 245 × 23 mm · 649 g |
| Language | English |