Yoga and Yantra: Their Interrelation and Their Significance for Indian Archaeology (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde)

Thông tin sách: Yoga and Yantra: Their Interrelation and Their Significance for Indian Archaeology (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde) (Hardcover, 182 trang) – Springer, 1966. Ngôn ngữ: Tiếng Anh.

The author asks to what extent a knowledge of the concepts of yoga may prepare the way to a better understanding of Indian archaeology. The yoga at the basis of this study is that which forms the core of the Tantras . In the first chapter the author surveys the system of Tantrik yoga. He then continues with a discussion of the various forms of yantras , that is all the means employed by yogis in their meditational exercises as aids to the concentration of thought. The author provides in-depth studies of ritual objects of the Lamaistic cult in Tibet and Nepal, the sacred cemeteries of Nepal, and pantheons in Java and Bali.