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

Contributor(s): Series: Brill's Indological library ; v. 37.Publication details: Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 519 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789004214316
  • 9004214313
Other title:
  • Extraordinary capacities attained through meditation and concentration
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Yoga powers.DDC classification:
  • 294.5/436 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1055 .Y64 2012eb
Online resources:
Partial contents:
Yoga Powers and Religious Traditions -- Yoga powers in the Mahabharata -- How Big Can Yogis Get? How Much Can Yogis See? -- The Cultivation of Yogic Powers in the Pal̄i Path Manuals of Theravad̄a Buddhism -- The Wondrous Display of Superhuman Power in the Vimala-kirtinirdesa: Miracle or Marvel? -- On the Appearance of Siddhis in Chinese Buddhist Texts -- Supernatural Powers and Their Attainment in Jainism -- Power and Meaning in the Yogasutra of Patañjali -- Siddhis in the Yogasutra -- Holding On and Letting Go: The In and Out of Powers in Classical Yoga -- Powers and Identities: Yoga Powers and the Tantric Saiva Traditions -- Liberation and Immortality: Bhusunda's Yoga of Prana in the Yogavasistha -- Siddhi and Mahasiddhi in Early Hathayoga -- My Miracle Trumps Your Magic: Encounters with Yogis in Sufi and Bhakti Hagiograpical Literature -- Sai Baba of Sirdi and Yoga Powers -- Yogic Powers and the Ramananda Sampraday -- Yoga Powers in a Contemporary Samkhya-Yoga Tradition -- The Evolving Siddhi: Yoga and Tantra in the Human Potential Movement and Beyond.
Summary: "The book offers a number of new insights in the history of yoga powers in the South Asian religious traditions, analyzes the position of the powers in the salvific process and in conceptions of divinity, and explores the rational explanations of the powers provided by the traditions."--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Yoga Powers and Religious Traditions -- Yoga powers in the Mahabharata -- How Big Can Yogis Get? How Much Can Yogis See? -- The Cultivation of Yogic Powers in the Pal̄i Path Manuals of Theravad̄a Buddhism -- The Wondrous Display of Superhuman Power in the Vimala-kirtinirdesa: Miracle or Marvel? -- On the Appearance of Siddhis in Chinese Buddhist Texts -- Supernatural Powers and Their Attainment in Jainism -- Power and Meaning in the Yogasutra of Patañjali -- Siddhis in the Yogasutra -- Holding On and Letting Go: The In and Out of Powers in Classical Yoga -- Powers and Identities: Yoga Powers and the Tantric Saiva Traditions -- Liberation and Immortality: Bhusunda's Yoga of Prana in the Yogavasistha -- Siddhi and Mahasiddhi in Early Hathayoga -- My Miracle Trumps Your Magic: Encounters with Yogis in Sufi and Bhakti Hagiograpical Literature -- Sai Baba of Sirdi and Yoga Powers -- Yogic Powers and the Ramananda Sampraday -- Yoga Powers in a Contemporary Samkhya-Yoga Tradition -- The Evolving Siddhi: Yoga and Tantra in the Human Potential Movement and Beyond.

"The book offers a number of new insights in the history of yoga powers in the South Asian religious traditions, analyzes the position of the powers in the salvific process and in conceptions of divinity, and explores the rational explanations of the powers provided by the traditions."--Provided by publisher.

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