Comparison of the conceptualization of wisdom in ancient Indian literature with modern views: Focus on the Bhagavad Gita

Psychiatry

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 197-209

  Jeste, Dilip V ^a,b   Vahia, Ipsit V ^a  

^a San Diego   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; REVIEW; YOGA; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HISTORY; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HINDUISM; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HOLISTIC HEALTH; HUMANS; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; LITERATURE; PSYCHIATRY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES; YOGA;

EID: 55249108741     PISSN: 00332747     EISSN: 1943281X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/psyc.2008.71.3.197     Document Type: Review

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