Bibliograph

Yoga, the art of transformation, Debra Diamond ; with contributions by Molly Emma Aitken ... [and others]

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Yoga, the art of transformation, Debra Diamond ; with contributions by Molly Emma Aitken ... [and others]

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Yoga

Nature of contents

catalogsbibliography

Oclc number

828484013

Responsibility statement

Debra Diamond ; with contributions by Molly Emma Aitken ... [and others]

Sub title

the art of transformation

Table Of Contents

Essays. Yoga: the art of transformation / Debra Diamond -- Yoga in transformation / David Gordon White -- From guru to god: yogic prowess and places of practice in early-medieval India / Tamara I. Sears -- Muslim interpreters of yoga / Carl W. Ernst -- Yogis in Mughal India / James Mallinson -- Yoga, bodybuilding, and wrestling: metaphysical fitness / Joseph S. Alter -- Globalized modern yoga / Mark SingletonCatalogue. 1. The path of yoga. Manifestations of Shiva ; Portraying the guru ; Yoginis ; Nath Siddhas ; Jain yoga: nonviolence for karmic purification ; Yoga and tapas: the Buddhists and Ajivikas ; Austerities ; Meditation ; Asana ; The cosmic body ; The subtle body ; The militant ascetic body ; Illusion and reality in the Yoga vasishta -- 2. Landscapes of yoga. Ashram and math ; Pilgrimage ; The cremation ground -- 3. Yoga in the Indian imagination, 16th-19th century. Yogis in the literary imagination ; Transcendence and desire in Ragamala paintings ; Mughal albums -- 4. Yoga in the transnational imagination, 18th-20th century. Company paintings ; Colonial photography ; The bed of nails: the exotic across borders and media ; Fakirs, fakers, and magic -- 5. Modern transformations. Vivekananda and rational spirituality ; Medical yoga ; Modern postural yoga

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