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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451023203321

Titolo

Yoga : the Indian tradition / / edited by Ian Whicher and David Carpenter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003

ISBN

1-280-07251-2

1-135-79606-8

0-203-42302-X

0-203-42541-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

CarpenterDavid <1949->

WhicherIan

Disciplina

181/.45

Soggetti

Yoga

Spiritual life - Hinduism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Classical foundations; Yoga in the Mahabharata; Practice makes perfect: the role of practice (abhyasa) in Patajala yoga; The integration of spirit (purua) and matter (prakti) in the Yoga Stra; Dueling with dualism: revisioning the paradox of purua and prakti; Yoga and the luminous; The expanding tradition; Yoga in akaran Advaita Vedanta: a reappraisal

Losing one's mind and becoming enlightened: some remarks on the concept of yoga in vetambara Jainism and its relation to the Nath Siddha traditionYoga in early Hindu tantra; Metaphoric worlds and yoga in the Vaiava Sahajiya Tantric traditions of medieval Bengal; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The essays cover the historical emergence of the classical system, a careful examination of key elements, character and relevance of that system and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many effects in later Indian religious history.