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Author: Baier, Karl, Maas, Philipp André, Preisendanz, Karin
Added by: carl
Added Date: 2020-03-06
Language: eng
Subjects: Religion, Theology & Religion, India, Yoga, Buddhism, Open Access Books
Publishers: V&R unipress
Collections: IndiaCulture, JaiGyan
ISBN Number: 9783847108627 9783737008624
Pages Count: 300
PPI Count: 300
PDF Count: 1
Total Size: 328.95 MB
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Open access for this publication was provided by the following grant: Knowledge Unlatched - 103607
Abstract
This volume explores aspects of yoga over a period of about 2500 years. In its first part, it investigates facets of the South Asian and Tibetan traditions of yoga, such as the evolution of posture practice, the relationship between yoga and sex, yoga in the theistic context, the influence of Buddhism on early yoga, and the encounter of Islam with classical yoga. The second part addresses aspects of modern globalised yoga and its historical formation, as for example the emergence of yoga in Viennese occultism, the integration of yoga and nature cure in modern India, the eventisation of yoga in a global setting, and the development of Patañjali’s iconography. In keeping with the current trend in yoga studies, the emphasis of the volume is on the practice of yoga and its theoretical underpinnings.
