INTRODUCERE LA EDIȚIA SANSKRITĂ ȘI TRADUCEREA ÎN ROMÂNĂ A GHERAṆḌA-SAṀHIT
CRITICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SANSKRIT EDITION AND ROMANIAN TRANSLATION OF THE GHERAṆḌA-SAṀHIT
Author(s): Vlad ȘOVĂRELSubject(s): Comparative Studies of Religion
Published by: Romanian Assoc. for the History of Religions & Inst. for the History of Religions, Romanian Academy
Keywords: Gheraṇḍa; Haṭha-yoga; ṣaṭkarma; āsana; mudrā and bandha; pratyāhāra and prāṇāyāma; pañca-dhāraṇā; dhyāna and samādhi
Summary/Abstract: In this paper, conceived as a short introduction to the Romanian translation of the Gheraṇḍa-saṁhitā – a Haṭha-yoga text attributed to Gheraṇḍa (cca 17th century AD) – we are, on one hand, offering a brief overview of the major late medieval Yoga schools (Mantra-°, Laya-°, Haṭha-° and Rāja-yoga), with a focus on Haṭha-yoga, and on the other hand giving a careful description of the subject matter from within the seven chapters of the book in comparison with some of the most important Yoga texts (Yoga-sūtra, Haṭha[yoga]-pradīpikā, Śiva-saṁhitā, Gorakṣa-śataka, Dattāteyayoga-śāstra, etc.). Our effort was to give a text-based-tool in understanding Gheraṇḍa-saṁhitā for both the neophyte and the scholar.
Journal: ARCHÆVS. Studies in the History of Religions
- Issue Year: XX/2016
- Issue No: __
- Page Range: 295-310
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Romanian
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