The Encyclopedia of Yoga and TantraThe ever-increasing popularity of Yoga and related practices makes a desktop reference like this indispensible. With over twenty-five hundred entries and extensive illustrations, it combines comprehensiveness with accessibility. The book is arranged and written in a manner that will inform rather than overwhelm the lay reader, while at the same time offering valuable references for the professional researcher and the historian of religion. This new edition includes information about contemporary Yoga teachers. It also provides fuller descriptions and illustrations of Yoga poses, and features additional cross references. |
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Abhinavagupta According adept Advaita Advaita Vedanta āsana atman Bhagavad-Gita bindu bliss body brahman breath control Buddhism called century C.E. channel chapters Classical Yoga commentary consciousness cosmos deity denotes described dharma dhyana disciple Divine dosha ecstasy esoteric Gheranda-Samhita Goddess Goraksha guna guru Hatha Hatha-Yoga Hatha-Yoga-Pradipika Hindu Hinduism human India inner ishvara kāma karma Karma-Yoga Kashmiri Shaivism Kaula known Krishna kundalini kundalini-shakti liberation life-force prāna linga Mahabharata means meditation mental mentioned mind mudra niyama nondualism one's paranormal powers Patanjali path posture powers siddhi practice practitioner prāna prānāyāma psychoenergetic center purusha Reality recitation refers Rig-Veda ritual sacred sage samadhi Samhita Samkhya Sanskrit schools scriptures seal Self-realization sense serpent power shakti Shiva Shiva-Samhita siddhi spiritual stanzas Sūtra Swami synonym Tamil Tantra Tantric tattva teacher teachings term tion tradition transcendence transcendental ture Upanishad Vedanta Vedas Vedic verses Vishnu wisdom worship yama Yoga Yoga-Bhashya Yoga-Sutra Yoga-Vasishtha yogic yogin