Yoga powers : extraordinary capacities attained through meditation and concentration / / edited by Knut A. Jacobsen.

A neglected topic in the research on yoga and meditation traditions, the extraordinary capacities called yoga powers are at the core of the religious imagination in the history of religions in South Asia. Yoga powers explained the divine, the highest gods were thought of as great yogins, and since m...

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Superior document:Brill's Indological library, v. 37
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Year of Publication:2012
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's Indological library ; v. 37.
Physical Description:1 online resource (532 p.)
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