Theory and Practice of Yoga: Essays in Honour of Gerald James Larson

by Gerald James Larson and K. a. Jacobsen

This collection of original essays provides fascinating insights into yoga as a historical and pluralistic phenomenon flourishing in a variety of religious and philosophical contexts. They cover a wide variety of traditions and topics related to Yoga: Classical Yoga, Sāṃkhya, Tantric Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, the Guru, Indic Islamic traditions of Yoga, Yoga and asceticism in contemporary India, and the reception of Yoga in the West.
The essays...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004147578
• ISBN13: 9789004147577
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 482 Pages