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Subject(s)

• Kāmarūpañc̆ās̆ikā English [Browse]
• Sufism—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Chishtīyah—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Yoga—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Prānāyāma—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Inayat Khan 1882-1927—Science of breath [Browse]

Author

• D'Silva, Patrick J. [Browse]

Summary note

"For centuries, mystics and seekers in the region of South Asia have pursued techniques of watching the breath, bodily disciplines of yoga, and visionary experiences. The two texts presented here illustrate how adepts of Sufism internalized and explained these practices, starting with an anonymous Persian translation of the Fifty Kamarupa Verses in the fourteenth century, and concluding with the Science of Breath composed in English by Hazrat Inayat Khan in the twentieth century. The long tradition of Sufi engagement with yoga, illustrated by these writing, reveals surprising intersections between Hindu and Muslim spiritual practices, and it poses a fascinating challenge to conventional assumptions about interreligious boundaries"--Back cover.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-157) and index.

Language note

Translated from Persian.

Contents

• The fifty Kamarupa verses (Kāmarūpañc̆ās̆ikā) / translated from the Persian by Carl W. Ernst
• Science of breath / dictated by Hazrat Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan to Miss Zohra Williams in London 1918-19 ; edited by Patrick J. D'Silva.

ISBN

• 9781941810446 ((paper))
• 1941810446 ((paper))
• 9781941810453 ((e-book))
• 1941810454 ((e-book))

OCLC

1432453707

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