The Power of the Nath Yogis: Yogic Charisma, Political Influence and Social Authority

The volume collects a series of contributions that help reconstruct the recent history of the Nath tradition, highlighting important moments of self.reinterpretation in the sampradaya's interaction with different social milieus. The leitmotif tying together the selection of articles is the authors' explorations of the overlap between religious authority and political power. For example, in which ways do the Naths' hagiographical claim of possessing...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463722548
• ISBN13: 9789463722544
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"