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A neglected topic in the research on yoga and meditation traditions, the extraordinary capacities called yoga powers are at the core of the religious imagination in the history of religions in South Asia. Yoga powers explained the divine, the highest gods were thought of as great yogins, and since major religious traditions considered their attainment as an inevitable part of the salvific process the textual traditions had to provide rational analyses of the powers. The essays of the book provide a number of new insights in the yoga powers and their history, position and function in the Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions, in classical Yoga, Haṭha Yoga, Tantra and Śaiva textual traditions, in South Asian medieval and modern hagographies, and in some contemporary yoga traditions.

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Author:   Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   37
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004212145

ISBN 10:   9004212140
Pages:   12
Publication Date:   06 October 2011
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures A Note on Transliteration Abbreviations Introduction: Yoga Powers and Religious Traditions - Knut A. Jacobsen chapter 1: Angelika Malinar, Yoga powers in the Mahabharata chapter 2: David Gordon White, How Big Can Yogis Get? How Much Can Yogis See? chapter 3: Brad Clough, The Cultivation of Yogic Powers in the P ali Path Manuals of Theravada Buddhism chapter 4: David V. Fiordalis, The Wondrous Display of Superhuman Power in the Vimalakirtinirdesa: Miracle or Marvel? chapter 5: Ryan Richard Overbey, On the Appearance of Siddhis in Chinese Buddhist Texts chapter 6: Kristi Wiley, Supernatural Powers and Their Attainment in Jainism chapter 7: Stuart Ray Sarbacker, Power and Meaning in the Yogasutra of Patanjali chapter 8: Christopher Key Chapple, Siddhis in the Yogasutra chapter 9: Lloyd W. Pflueger, Holding On and Letting Go: The In and Out of Powers in Classical Yoga chapter 10: Somadeva Vasudeva, Powers and Identities: Yoga Powers and the Tantric Saiva Traditions chapter 11: Sthaneshwar Timalsina, Liberation and Immortality: Bhusunda's Yoga of Prana in the Yogavasistha chapter 12: James Mallinson, Siddhi and Mahasiddhi in Early Hathayoga chapter 13: Patton Burchett, My Miracle Trumps Your Magic: Encounters with Yogis in Sufi and Bhakti Hagiograpical Literature chapter 14: Antonio Rigopoulos, Sai Baba of Sirdi and Yoga Powers chapter 15: Ramdas Lamb, Yogic Powers and the Ramananda Sampraday chapter 16: Knut A. Jacobsen, Yoga Powers in a Contemporary Samkhya-Yoga Tradition chapter 17: Jeffery J. Kripal, The Evolving Siddhi: Yoga and Tantra in the Human Potential Movement and Beyond Contributors Index

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Knut A. Jacobsen, Ph.D. (1994) is Professor at the University of Bergen, Norway. He is the author and editor of numerous books on religions in South Asia, and editor-in-chief of the five-volume Brill’s Encyclopedia of Hinduism (2009-2013).

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