Yogi Heroes and Poets

Lorenzen, David N. [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
Yogi heroes and poets : histories and legends of the Nāths / David N. Lorenzen and Adrian Muñoz, editors. - Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2011. - xviii, 228 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-1-4384-3891-7
US$ 75,00 (Hardcover)
DDC: 294.5436
-- Angekündigt für November 2011 --

Beschreibung
This book provides a remarkable range of information on the history, religion, and folklore of the Nāth Yogis. A Hindu lineage prominent in North India since the eleventh century, Nāths are well-known as adepts of Hatha yoga and alchemical practices said to increase longevity. Long a heterogeneous group, some Nāths are ascetics and some are householders; some are dedicated to personified forms of Shiva, others to a formless god, still others to Vishnu.The essays in the first part of the book deal with the history and historiography of the Nāths, their literature, and their relationships with other religious movements in India. Essays in the second part discuss the legends and folklore of the Nāths and provide an exploration of their religious ideas. Contributors to the volume depict a variety of local areas where this lineage is prominent and highlight how the Nāths have been a link between religious, metaphysical, and even medical traditions in India. [Verlagsinformation]

Herausgeber
DAVID N. LORENZEN is Professor of Asian and African Studies at the College of Mexico (El Colegio de México). He is the author or editor of several books, including Praises to a Formless God: Nirguni Texts from North India, also published by SUNY Press, and Who Invented Hinduism: Essays on Religion in History. Profile page.
ADRIÁN MUÑOZ is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México). Profile page.

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