The Khecarividya of Adinatha

A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of an Early Text of Hathayoga

James Mallinson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

308 Seiten

2010
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-58613-9 (ISBN)

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Made accessible to an English-speaking readership for the first time, this study of the sacred Sanskrit text explores how earlier tantric yogic techniques were developed and mutated into the practices of hathayoga.

Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga (khecarimudra), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time. The author, James Mallinson, draws on thirty Sanskrit works, as well as original fieldwork amongst yogins in India who use the practice, to demonstrate how earlier tantric yogic techniques developed and mutated into the practices of hathayoga. Accompanied by an introduction and an extensively annotated translation, the work sheds light on the development of hathayoga and its practices.

James Mallinson has a BA and DPhil in Sanskrit from Oxford and an MA in South Asian ethnography from SOAS. He has spent several years living with sadhus and yogis in India and now translates Sanskrit poetry for the Clay Sanskrit Library and yoga texts for YogaVidya.com.

1. Introduction 2. The Hathayogic Khecarimudra 3. Sources 4. Conventions in the Apparatus 5. Critical Edition of the Khecarividya 6. Annotated Translation 7. Appendices

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.4.2010
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	570 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Hinduismus
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Prävention / Gesundheitsförderung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-415-58613-5 / 0415586135
ISBN-13	978-0-415-58613-9 / 9780415586139
Zustand	Neuware