Abstract
In the Indian subcontinent between 200 BCE and 800 CE, the cultural enterprise of defining body and mind was interwoven within, and in response to, a series of complex geopolitical changes and new translocal religio-political formations. Within this changing landscape of ideas and practices, what is much debated is the question of how and to what extent Vedic culture came to engage with the Śramaṇa (renouncer; lit. “striver”) communities that gave rise to Buddhism and Jainism. How did theories of body and mind—enmeshed in complexes of religious ideology and systematic thought, asceticism, and yoga—come to be formulated in distinct and enduring ways?
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | A Cultural History of Hinduism |
| Subtitle of host publication | Volumes 1-6 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| Volume | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 30 May 2024 |
Keywords
- yoga
- meditation
- hinduism
- South Asia
- asceticism
- philosophy of mind