Yoga in Modern Hinduism: Hariharānanda Āraṇya and Sāṃkhyayoga
Author:   Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367593704


Pages:   234
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
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Author:   Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780367593704


ISBN 10:   036759370
Pages:   234
Publication Date:   14 August 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Introduction 1. Sāṃkhya, Yoga and Sāṃkhyayoga 2. Encounters with a living Sāṃkhyayoga tradition 3. Kapila as the originator of Yoga 4. The rebirth of Yoga and the emergence of the bhadralok yogin 5. Gurus, book printing and the Sāṃkhyayoga lineage 6. Textual tradition of the Kāpil Math institution 7. Sāṃkhyayoga meditation instructions of the Kāpil Maṭh tradition 8. Monastic life and recitation of Sanskrit stotras 9. The material religion of Sāṃkhyayoga 10. The Kāpil Maṭh tradition and modern scholarship on Yoga Conclusion

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Knut A. Jacobsen is professor in the study of religions at the University of Bergen, Norway. His research focuses on Yoga, Sāṃkhya, and Hindu conceptions and rituals of space and time. He is the editor in chief of the six volumes Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2009-2015) and he is the editor of the Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India (2016).

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