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The Amṛtasiddhi and Amṛtasiddhimūla
The Earliest Texts of the Haṭhayoga Tradition
Collection : Collection Indologie
Collection's number: 150
Editor: Mallinson (James), Szántó (Péter-Dániel)
Edition: EFEO, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)
Publication date: 2022
Status : Available
19,00 €
ISBN-13 : 9782855392455
Width : 17 cm
Height : 24 cm
Weight : 0.41 kg
Number of pages : 203
Distributor : EFEO Diffusion, EFEO Pondichéry Contact : shanti@efeo-pondicherry.org
Geography : India
Language : English, Sanskrit
Place : Pondichéry
Support : Papier
Description :
203 p., paperback
Collection Indologie n˚ 150
Haṭhayoga series n˚ 2
Abstract
This book introduces, edits, and translates the two earliest texts of the hathayoga tradition, the Amrtasiddhi and the *Amrtasiddhimula (which survives only in Tibetan translation). Basing their study on a bilingual manuscript, an extremely rare phenomenon, the authors argue that the origins of hathayoga are found in an eclectic tantric Buddhist milieu, probably active in the second half of the 11th century CE. The texts provide fundamental and later very influential teachings on the nature of the yogic body, psycho-physical practices centred on manipulating bindu, the types of practitioners, and much more. The book is addressed primarily to scholars, but will also be of interest to students and practitioners of yoga.
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About the editor
Mallinson (James)
James Mallinson studied Sanskrit at Oxford and is Reader in Indology and Yoga Studies at SOAS University of London and chair of the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies. From 2015 to 2020 he was Principal Investigator of the ERC-funded Hatha Yoga Project and from 2021 to 2024 he will be Principal Investigator of the AHRC/DFG-funded Light on Haṭha project, which will produce a critical edition of the Haṭhapradīpikā. Péter-Dániel Szántó (1980) started his studies in Tibetology and Indology at Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest. He defended his doctorate in Oxford, prepared under the supervision of Alexis Sanderson, and then held several post-doctoral positions (Merton College, Universität Hamburg, All Souls College). He is currently working at the University of Leiden. His research focuses mainly on the history and literature of tantric Buddhism in South Asia.
