TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lorenzen,David N.
AU  - Muñoz,Adrián
TI  - Yogi heroes and poets: histories and legends of the Naths 
SN  - 9781441699091
AV  - BL1278.54 .Y64 2011eb
U1  - 294.5/436 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - Nātha sect
KW  - Yoga
KW  - Nāths
KW  - Yoga (philosophy)
KW  - aat
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note; pt. I; Yogis in History --; 1; Naths in Hindi Literature; Purushottam Agrawal --; 2; Religious Identity in Gorakhnath and Kabir: Hindus, Muslims, Yogis, and Sants; David N. Lorenzen --; 3; Different Drums in Gwalior: Maharashtrian Nath Heritages in a North Indian City; Daniel Gold --; 4; Influence of the Naths on Bhima Bhoi and Mahima Dharma; Ishita Banerjee-Dube --; pt. II; Theology and Folklore --; 5; On the Magnitude of the Yogic Body; David Gordon White --; 6; Awakening Generosity in Nath Tales from Rajasthan; Ann Grodzins Gold --; 7; Matsyendra's "Golden Legend": Yogi Tales and Nath Ideology; Adrian Munoz --; 8; What Should Minanath Do to Save His Life?; Lubomir Ondracka --; 9; Matsyendrasamhitd: A Yogini-centered Thirteenth-century Text from the South Indian Sambhava Cult; Csaba Kiss
N2  - 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
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