| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 206 pages) |
| Contents |
Chapter INTRODUCTION -- part Part I CLASSICAL FOUNDATIONS -- chapter 1 YOGA IN THE MAHÅBHÅRATA / John Brockington -- chapter 2 PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT -- The role of practice (abhyåsa) in Påtañjala yoga / DAVID CARPENTER -- chapter 3 The integration of spirit (puru‚a) and matter (prakr.ti) in the Yoga S≠tra / IAN WHICHER -- chapter 4 Dueling with dualism: revisioning the paradox of puru‚a and prakr.ti -- Revisioning the paradox of puru‚a and prakr / Lloyd W. Pflueger -- chapter 5 YOGA AND THE LUMINOUS / Christopher Key Chapple -- part Part II THE EXPANDING TRADITION -- chapter 6 YOGA IN ¡AN˙KARAN ADVAITA VEDÅNTA -- A reappraisal / VIDYASANKAR SUNDARESAN -- chapter 7 Losing one's mind and becoming enlightened: some remarks on the concept of yoga in ¡vetåmbara Jainism and its relation to the Nåth Siddha tradition -- Some remarks on the concept of yoga in ¡vetåmbara Jainism and its relation to / OLLE QVARNSTRÖM -- chapter 8 YOGA IN EARLY HINDU TANTRA / David Gordon White -- chapter 9 Metaphoric worlds and yoga in the Vai‚n. ava Sahajiyå Tantric traditions of medieval Bengal / GLEN ALEXANDER HAYES |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Yoga.
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Spiritual life -- Hinduism.
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Yoga (philosophy)
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PHILOSOPHY -- Hindu.
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Spiritual life -- Hinduism
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Yoga
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Whicher, Ian
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Carpenter, David, 1949-
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| LC no. |
2002036708 |
| ISBN |
020342302X |
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9780203423028 |
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