Theory and Practice of Yoga, : Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson.
This collection of original essays provides fascinating insights into yoga as a historical and pluralistic phenomenon flourishing in a variety of religious and philosophical contexts. They cover a wide variety of traditions and topics related to Yoga: Classical Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantric Yoga, Bhakti Yo...
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| Superior document: | Numen book series ; Volume 110 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, , Boston: : Brill, , 2005. |
| Year of Publication: | 2005 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Numen Book Series
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vii, 478 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material / Knut A. Jacobsen
- Yoga Traditions / Knut A. Jacobsen
- Person, Purity, and Power in the ϒogasūtra / Lloyd W. Pflueger
- Revisiting the Jīvanmukti Question in Sāṃkhya in the Context of the Sāṃkhϒasūtra / T. S. Rukmani
- Being a Witness: Cross-Examining the Notion of Self in Śaṅkara’s Upadeśasāhasrī, Īśvarakṛṣṛa’s Sāṃkhϒakārikā, and Patañjali’s ϒogasūtra / Richa Pauranik Clements
- ‘It Ain’t Necessarily So’ / Nandini Iyer
- The Sāṃkhya-Yoga Influence on Śrīvaiṣṇava Philosophy with Special Reference to the Pāñcarātra System / P. Pratap Kumar
- Interpreting Across Mystical Boundaries: An Analysis of Samādhi in the Trika-Kaula Tradition / Jeffrey S. Lidke
- ‘Tarko ϒogāṅgam Uttamam’: On Subtle Knowledge and the Refinement of Thought in Abhinavagupta’s Liberative Tantric Method / Paul E. Muller-Ortega
- Meditating Mantras: Meaning and Visualization in Tantric Literature / Sthaneshwar Timalsina
- The Guru-gītā or ‘Song of the Master’ as Incorporated in the Guru-caritra of Sarasvatī Gaṅgādhar: Observations on Its Teachings and the guru Institute / Antonio Rigopoulos
- The Sāṃkhya Sage Kapila and Kashmiri Viṣṇu Images / Pratapaditya Pal
- The Yogic Exercises of the 17th Century Sufis / Craig Davis
- Rāja Yoga, Asceticism, and the Rāmānanda Saṃpradāy / Ramdas Lamb
- In Kapila’s Cave: A Sāṃkhya-Yoga Renaissance in Bengal / Knut A. Jacobsen
- Raising Krishna with Love: Maternal Devotion as a Form of Yoga in a Women’s Ritual Tradition / Tracy Pintchman
- Wisdom and Method: Yoga in the Platonic Dialogues / Judy D. Saltzman
- Jung’s Depth Psychology and Yoga Sādhana / Patrick Mahaffey
- Yoga in America: Some Reflections from the Heartland / Wade Dazey
- Indian Traditions of Physiognomy: Preliminary Remarks / Kenneth G. Zysk
- Gerald James Larson, The Teacher: A Personal Reflection / James McNamara
- Gerald James Larson: Appointments and Publications / Knut A. Jacobsen
- Contributors / Knut A. Jacobsen
- Index / Knut A. Jacobsen
- Studies in the History of Religions Numen Book Series / Knut A. Jacobsen.