Oxford History of Hinduism: Hindu Practice Hindu Practice

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 pra

Über den Autor / die Autorin

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, and phenomenology.

Zusammenfassung

An authoritative collection on the history of Hindu religious practices. Hindu Practice considers traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion, including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over long periods of time.

Zusatztext

... a great contribution to the study of Hinduism and can serve many groups of readers.

Produktdetails

• Mitarbeit: Gavin Flood (Herausgeber), Flood Gavin (Herausgeber)
• Autoren: Gavin (Professor of Hindu Studies and Compa Flood, Gavin Flood
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.07.2020
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke
• EAN: 9780198733508
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873350-8
• Anzahl Seiten: 512
• Serie: Oxford History Of Hinduism
• Themen: Yoga, RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Hinduism / History, RELIGION / Hinduism / Rituals & Practice, History of Religion, Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals, Hindu Life & Practice, Hindu life and practice, Hindu worship, rites & ceremonies, Hinduism; yoga