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Auteur(s) : Gorakṣanātha. Auteur du texte
Titre(s) : Sayings of Gorakhnath [Texte imprimé] : annotated translation of the Gorakh Bānī / translators, Gordan Djurdjevic, Shukdev Singh ; introduction and notes, Gordan Djurdjevic
Traduction de : Gorakhabāṇī
Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford University Press, copyright 2019
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (228 p.) ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Bibliogr. p. 217-223. Index
Translated from the Hindi.
Texte remanié de : Doctoral thesis : Vancouver, University of British Columbia : 2005
The medieval vernacular (non-Sanskrit) traditions of yoga represent an aspect of Hinduism
that to date has received much less scholarly attention than classical and contemporary
Hinduism. Gordan Djurdjevic here brings together a representative selection of medieval
Hindi poetry attributed to the legendary guru Gorakhnath. Gorakhnath is famed as the
founder of the influential order of the Nath yogis, who are credited with the development
of hatha yoga. The poetry gathered in the collection, known as The Sayings of Gorakh
Bani, reflects this worldview. Its major thematic concerns relate to the practice
of yoga, engagement with the various chakras within the body, and the attempts to
reverse the flow of seminal fluid, by which process yogis believe the state of immortality
may be reached. These often-enigmatic texts on the one hand provide a criticism of
religious authority based on bookish knowledge, while on the other hand they celebrate
yogic engagement with the subtle body and its centers of occult energy and miraculous
powers. Sayings of Gorakhnath offers translations or the complete sabad and pad sections
from the Gorakh Bani, the two largest sections in the collection. Some additional
texts from the collection are also provided. Translations are preceded by an introduction
and accompanied by notes, which contextualize and elucidate the subject matter
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Djurdjevic, Gordan. Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
Singh, Shukdeo (1933-2007). Traducteur
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Gorakh Bāṇī
Sujet(s) : Nāths
Hatha-yoga
Genre ou forme : Poésie religieuse hindi
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780199977673 (rel.). - ISBN 0199977674
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45777614v
Notice n° :
FRBNF45777614
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Table des matières : Introduction ; Sayings of Gorakhnath. Sabads ; Pads ; The Overview of Teaching
; The String of Breaths ; Instruction to a King ; Self-Understanding ; Measure
of Fearlessness Yoga ; Fifteen Days ; Seven Days ; Machindra's Instruction to Gorakh
; A Line of Hair ; The Ornament of Wisdom ; The Five Measures ; Appendix: The Victory
of Gorakha.
