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Gavin (Hrsg.) Flood

The Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice

Hindu Practice

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Traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time. Some of these practices, notably those denoted by the term yoga, are orientated towards salvation from the cycle of reincarnation and go back several thousand years. These practices, borne witness to in ancient texts called Upani¿ads, as well as in other traditions, notably early Buddhism and Jainism, are the subject of this volumein the Oxford History of Hinduism. Practices of meditation are also linked to asceticism (tapas) and its institutional articulation in renunciation (sa¿nyasa). There is a range of practi… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-19-105322-1
  • EAN: 9780191053221
  • Produktnummer: 34582463
  • Verlag: Oxford University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
  • Seitenangabe: 608 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 3'125 KB

Über den Autor


Gavin Flood is Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion at Oxford University and a Senior Research Fellow of Campion Hall. He is also Senior Research Fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Yap Kim Hao Visiting Professor of Comparative Religious Studies at Yale-NUS, Singapore. Before coming to Oxford, he taught at the universities of Stirling and Wales (Lampeter). He has research interests in Hindu tantric traditions, comparative religion, andphenomenology.

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