03290nam a2200793Ki 4500 ocn857769416 OCoLC 20200709055945.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 130909s1996 ilua ob 001 0 eng d N$T rda pn N$T 9780226149349 (electronic bk.) 022614934X (electronic bk.) 0226894975 9780226894973 (OCoLC)857769416 638241 (N$T) a-ii--- BL1241.56 .W47 1996eb REL 017000 bisacsh 294.5/514 22 11.92 bcl N$TA White, David Gordon. The alchemical body : Siddha traditions in medieval India / David Gordon White. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996. 1 online resource (xviii, 596 pages) : illustrations. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 521-554) and index. 1. Indian Paths to Immortality -- 2. Categories of Indian Thought: The Universe by Numbers -- 3. The Prehistory of Tantric Alchemy -- 4. Sources for the History of Tantric Alchemy in India -- 5. Tantric and Siddha Alchemical Literature -- 6. Tantra in the Rasarnava -- 7. Corresponding Hierarchies: The Substance of the Alchemical Body -- 8. Homologous Structures of the Alchemical Body -- 9. The Dynamics of Transformation in Siddha Alchemy -- 10. Penetration, Perfection, and Immortality -- Epilogue: The Siddha Legacy in Modern India. Description based on print version record. Siddhas. Alchemy Religious aspects Tantrism. Alchemy History To 1500. Hatha yoga. Tantrism. Nātha sect. Alchemie. gtt Yoga. gtt Tantrisme. gtt Siddhas. Alchimie Aspect religieux Tantrisme. Yoga, Haṭha. Tantrisme. Nāths. Siddha swd Tantrismus swd Alchemie swd Indien swd Yoga, Siddha Histoire Moyen-Age. ram Alchimie Inde Histoire Moyen-Age. ram Tantrisme Inde Histoire Moyen-Age. ram Sectes hindoues Inde. ram Nāths Inde. ram Yoga, Hatha. ram Inde Histoire religieuse Moyen-Age. ram RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: White, David Gordon. Alchemical body 0226894975 (DLC) 96016977 (OCoLC)34545939 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=638241 Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/96016977-t.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi053/96016977.html EBSCOhost EBSC 638241 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 53876 53876