The Shiva Samhita: A Critical Edition: A Critical Edition and An English Translation - Brossura

Mallinson, James

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ISBN 10: 0971646651 ISBN 13: 9780971646650

Casa editrice: Yogavidya.Com, 2007

Riassunto

This affordable, critical edition of the Shiva Samhita contains a new introduction, the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, nine full-page photographs, and an index. The first edition of this classic Yoga text to meet high academic, literary, and production standards, it's for people who practice Yoga or have an interest in health and fitness, philosophy, religion, spirituality, mysticism, or meditation.

“James Mallinson has just produced the most reliable Sanskrit edition and English translation of the Shiva Samhita available. I praise his painstaking and learned work, which is well complemented by a crisp, informative, no-nonsense introduction. The accuracy and readability of this book make it of great interest to anyone working on Yoga and related disciplines.”
—Elizabeth De Michelis, Oxford University, Author of A History of Modern Yoga

 

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Recensione:

“James Mallinson has just produced the most reliable Sanskrit edition and English translation of the Shiva Samhita available. I praise his painstaking and learned work, which is well complemented by a crisp, informative, no-nonsense introduction. The accuracy and readability of this book make it of great interest to anyone working on Yoga and related disciplines.”
—Elizabeth De Michelis, Oxford University, Author of A History of Modern Yoga

L'autore:

James Mallinson s interest in yoga grew out of a fascination for India and Indian asceticism he spent several years living with Indian ascetics and yogis, in particular R m nand Ty g s. His MA thesis, part of a major in ethnography, was on Indian asceticism. He became dissatisfied, however, with (to quote Sheldon Pollock) the hypertrophy of method that afflicts much of the humanities, and anthropology in particular, so sought to ground his future research in philology. The one aspect of ascetic practice that is well represented in Sanskrit texts is yoga, so for his doctoral thesis he chose to edit an early text on ha hayoga, the Khecar vidy , which teaches in detail khecar mudr , one of traditional ha hayoga s most important practices, and he used fieldwork among traditional yogis in India to shed light on the text s teachings (but not so much light that he had to justify his methods!).

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• Editore: Yogavidya.Com
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0971646651
• ISBN 13: 9780971646650
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 177