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008			200528s2020 nyu 000 0 eng
010			_a 2020939527
020			_a9780198733508 _q(hardback)
020			_z9780191053238 _q(epub)
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC
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082			_a294.509 _bFLO/H
245	0	0	_aHindu practice / _cGavin Flood.
263			_a2007
264		1	_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2020.
300			_a488pages
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aOhh
520			_a"This history of Hindu religious practices examines traditions of asceticism, yoga, and devotion (bhakti), including dance and music, developed in Hinduism over a long period of time, placing the theme of practice within a broader trajectory of cultural history. 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, borne witness to in ancient texts called Upaniṣads, as well as in other traditions, notably early Buddhism and Jainism. Practices of meditation are also linked to asceticism (tapas) and its institutional articulation in renunciation (saṃnyāsa). There are devotional practices that might involve ritual, making an offering to a deity and receiving a blessing, dancing, or visualization of the master (guru) and a range of disciplines from ascetic fasting to taking a vow (vrata) for a deity in return for a favour. This whole range of meditative and devotional practices that have developed in the history of Hinduism are represented in this book"-- _cProvided by publisher.
700	1		_aFlood, Gavin, _eeditor.
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