The Khecarividya of Adinatha
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Author | James Mallinson |
Publisher | Indica Books |
Language | English |
Edition | 2010 |
ISBN | 81-86569-93-6 |
Pages | 299 |
Cover | Paper Back |
Size | 14 x 2 x 22 (l x w x h) |
Weight | |
Item Code | IB0023 |
Other | Dispatched in 1-3 days |
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The Khecarividya of Adinatha The Khecarividyā of Adinatha, a Sanskrit text dated to pre- 1400 CE, teaches khecari-mudra, one of the most important exercises of hathayoga, in which the tongue is inserted above the palate in order to drink the amrta or nectar of immortality dripping from the top of the skull. It is said to bestow immortality, the ability to remain in deep meditation for long periods and the power of flight upon its practitioners.
The text has been edited for the first time and has never before been accessible to an English speaking readership. It is accompanied by an introduction and an extensively annotated translation. The author has drawn on twenty-seven Sanskrit manuscripts and original fieldwork amongst yogins in India to demonstrate how earlier tantric yogic techniques developed and mutated into the practices of hathayoga. The work sheds new light on the development of hathayoga and explains its practices.
James Mallinson has a BA and DPhil in Sanskrit from Oxford and an MA in South Asian ethnography from the School of Oriental and African Studies. He has spent several years living with sadhus and yogins in India, has translated five volumes poetry for the Clay Sanskrit Library and two yoga of Sanskrit poet texts for Yoga Vidya.com. He is currently teaching Sanskrit at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, and preparing a monograph on the texts and practitioners of traditional hathayoga.
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