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Roots of yoga / translated and edited with an introduction by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton.
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
[London] UK : Penguin Books, [2017]
©2017
Description
xl, 540 pages ; 20 cm.
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B132.Y6 R66 2017
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Subject(s)
Yoga
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Early works to 1800
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Yoga
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History
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Breathing exercises
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Editor
Mallinson, James, 1970-
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Singleton, Mark, 1976-
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Mallinson, James, 1970-
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Singleton, Mark, 1976-
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Series
Penguin classics
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Summary note
Yoga is hugely popular around the world today, yet until now little has been known of its roots. This book collects, for the first time, core teachings of yoga in their original form, translated and edited by two of the world's foremost scholars of the subject. It includes a wide range of texts from different schools of yoga, languages and eras: among others, key passages from the early Upanisads and the Mahabharata , and from the Tantric, Buddhist and Jaina traditions, with many pieces in scholarly translation for the first time. Covering yoga's varying definitions across systems, models of the esoteric and physical bodies, and its most important practices, such as posture, breath control, sensory withdrawal and meditation, Roots of Yoga is a unique and essential source of knowledge.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-506) and index.
Contents
Yoga
Preliminaries
Posture
Breath-control
The yogic body
Yogic seals
Mantra
Withdrawal, fixation and meditation
Samadhi
Yogic powers
Liberation.
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ISBN
9780241253045 ((paperback))
0241253047
LCCN
2017287616
OCLC
928480104
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