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The origins of yoga and tantra [electronic resource] : Indic religions to the thirteenth century / Geoffrey Samuel.

By: Publication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.Description: 1 online resource (x, 422 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9781139144759 (electronic bk.)
  • 1139144758 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Origins of yoga and tantra.DDC classification:
  • 294.09/01 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2005 .S26 2008eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-401) and index.

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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