Roots of yoga

by James Mallinson

Paperback, 2017

Publication

Imprint: London : Penguin Books, 2017. Responsibility: Translated from the Sanskrit and edited with an introduction by James Mallinson and Mark Singleton. OCLC Number: 928480104. Physical: Text : 1 volume : xl, 540 pages ; 20 cm. Features: Includes bibliography, glossary, index.

Call number

GT-H-Y / Malli

Barcode

BK-08165

ISBN

9780241253045

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, The Great Traditions

CSS Library Notes

Description: 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.

Table of Contents: Yoga --
Preliminaries --
Posture --
Breath-control --
The yogic body --
Yogic seals --
Mantra --
Withdrawal, fixation and meditation --
Samadhi --
Yogic powers --
Liberation.

FY2019 /

Physical description

xl, 540 p.; 20 cm

Description

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.… (more)