Roots of yoga / translated and edited with an introduction by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
  • [London] UK : Penguin Books, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
xl, 540 pages ; 20 cm.

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    Series
    Penguin classics [More in this series]
    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.
    ISBN
    • 9780241253045 ((paperback))
    • 0241253047
    LCCN
    2017287616
    OCLC
    928480104
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