Samuel, Geoffrey. <br/><br/>
The origins of yoga and tantra  Indic religions to the thirteenth century /  [electronic resource] : 
Geoffrey Samuel. 
 - Cambridge, UK ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  2008. 
 - 1 online resource (x, 422 p.) :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-401) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781139144759 (electronic bk.) 1139144758 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Yoga--History.<br/>Tantrism--History.<br/>Yoga--History.<br/>Tantrism--History.<br/>Tantrismus.<br/>RELIGION / Comparative Religion
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--Religion.<br/>India--Religion.<br/>Indien.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2005  / .S26 2008eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.09/01