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UNINA9910451023203321 |
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Titolo |
Yoga : the Indian tradition / / edited by Ian Whicher and David Carpenter |
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London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-07251-2 |
1-135-79606-8 |
0-203-42302-X |
0-203-42541-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (219 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CarpenterDavid <1949-> |
WhicherIan |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Yoga |
Spiritual life - Hinduism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-198) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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