1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248151003316

Autore

Alter Joseph S

Titolo

Yoga in modern India : the body between science and philosophy / / Joseph S. Alter [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2004

ISBN

0-691-11874-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxiii, 326 p. ) : ill. ;

Disciplina

181/.45

Soggetti

Yoga

Hindu philosophy

Philosophy, Modern

Metaphysics

Knowledge, Theory of - India

Knowledge, Theory of

Electronic books

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-307) and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1. INTRODUCTION AND ORIENTATION -- 1. Historicizing yoga : the life and times of liberated souls -- 2. Yoga and the supramental being : materialism, metaphysics, and social reality -- PART 2. YOGA'S MODERN HISTORY AND PRACTICE -- 3. Swami Kuvalayananda : science, yoga, and global modernity -- 4. Birth of the anti-clinic : naturopathic yoga in a post-Gandhian, postcolonial state -- 5. Dr. Karandikar, Dr. Pal, and the RSS : purification, subtle gymnastics, and man making -- PART 3. CONCLUSION -- 6. Auto-urine therapy -- the elixir of life : yoga, Ayurveda, and self-perfection -- 7. Mimetic skepticism and yoga : moving beyond the problem of culture and relativism -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393070503316

Titolo

By the mayor [[electronic resource]] : To the aldermen of the ward of [blank] Whereas oftentimes heretofore, especially towards winter the evenings growing dark, many loose and vagrant persons have been found to wander about the streets and lanes to lurk in corners within this city .

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[London, : s.n., 1654]

Descrizione fisica

1 sheet ([1] p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

VynerThomas, Sir,  <1588-1665.>

Soggetti

Tramps - England - London

Police - England - London

London (England) History 17th century Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from caption and opening lines of text.

Dated at end: ["7th", Thomason annotation] of November, 1654.

"Order concerning night watches." - Wing (2nd ed. 1994).

Annotation on Thomason copy: "7th".

Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018