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245 0 0 _aYoga powers :
_bextraordinary capacities attained through meditation and concentration /
_cedited by Knut A. Jacobsen.
246 3 0 _aExtraordinary capacities attained through meditation and concentration
260 _aLeiden [The Netherlands] ;
_aBoston :
_bBrill,
_c2012.
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 519 pages) :
_billustrations.
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aBrill's Indological library,
_x0925-2916 ;
_vv. 37
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 2 _aYoga 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.
520 _a"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.
588 0 _aPrint version record.
590 _aMaster record variable field(s) change: 082
650 0 _aYoga.
651 0 _aSouth Asia
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700 1 _aJacobsen, Knut A.,
_d1956-
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_tYoga powers.
_dLeiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2012
_w(DLC) 2011029427
830 0 _aBrill's Indological library ;
_vv. 37.
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