The origins of yoga and tantra : Indic religions to the thirteenth century

The origins of yoga and tantra : Indic religions to the thirteenth century / Geoffrey Samuel.

Author/creator	Samuel, Geoffrey
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Description	x, 422 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Table of contents only
Subject(s)	Yoga--History. Tantrism--History. India--Religion.

Contents	Introduction -- Stories and sources -- The second urbanisation of South Asia -- Two worlds and their interactions -- Religion in the early states -- The origins of the Buddhist and Jain orders -- The Brahmanical alternative -- Interlude: asceticism and celibacy in Indic religions -- The classical synthesis -- Tantra and the wild goddesses -- Subtle bodies, longevity, and internal alchemy -- Tantra and the state -- The later history of yoga and tantra -- Postlude.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 354-401) and index.
LCCN	2007046053
ISBN	9780521873512 (hardback)
ISBN	0521873517 (hardback)
ISBN	9780521695343 (pbk.)
ISBN	0521695341 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	BL2005 .S26 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold