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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (219 p.)
• Disciplina: 181/.45
• Soggetto topico: Yoga; Spiritual life - Hinduism
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: CarpenterDavid <1949-> WhicherIan
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Yoga
• ISBN: 1-280-07251-2; 1-135-79606-8; 0-203-42302-X; 0-203-42541-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451023203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II