The origins of yoga and tantra : Indic religions to the thirteenth century /

"Yoga, tantra and other forms of Asian meditation are practised in modernised forms throughout the world today, but most introductions to Hinduism of Buddhism tell only part of the story of how they developed. This book is an interpretation of the history of Indic religions up to around 1200 C....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Samuel, Geoffrey
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Yoga > History.
Tantrism > History.
Yoga > Histoire.
Tantrisme > Histoire.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Religion.
Tantrism.
Yoga.
Tantrismus
Yoga > historia.
Tantrism > historia.
India > Religion.
Inde > Religion.
India.
Indien
Indien > religion.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Stories and sources
  • The second urbanisation of South Asia
  • Two worlds and their interactions
  • Religion in the early states
  • The origins of the Buddhist and Jain orders
  • The Brahmanical alternative
  • Interlude: asceticism and celibacy in Indic religions
  • The classical synthesis
  • Tantra and the wild goddesses
  • Subtle bodies, longevity, and internal alchemy
  • Tantra and the state
  • The later history of yoga and tantra
  • Postlude.

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