| Yoga: The Indian Tradition Contributor(s): Carpenter, David (Editor), Whicher, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415600200 ISBN-13: 9780415600200 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Health & Fitness | Yoga - Philosophy | Eastern |
| Dewey: 181 |
| Lexile Measure: 1700 |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.69 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The popular perception of yoga in the West remains for the most part that of a physical fitness program, largely divorced from its historical and spiritual roots. The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Pata jali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history. |