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The Combinatorics of Tastes and Humours in Classical Indian Medicine and Mathematics

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Wujastyk, D. The Combinatorics of Tastes and Humours in Classical Indian Medicine and Mathematics. Journal of Indian Philosophy 28, 479–495 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1017514013759

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