From Tapas to Modern Yoga

Sadhus' Understanding of Embodied Practices

Daniela Bevilacqua

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English

Equinox Publishing Ltd
03 June 2024

Hindu life & practice; Social & cultural anthropology

Extensively based on fieldwork material, From Tapas to Modern Yoga primarily analyses embodied practices of ascetics belonging to four religious orders historically associated with the practice of yoga and hatha yoga. This focus on ascetics stems from the fact that yogic techniques probably developed in ascetic contexts, yet scholars have rarely focused their attention on non-international ascetic practitioners of yoga. Creating a confrontation between textual sources and ethnographic data, the book demonstrates how 'embodied practices' (austerities, yoga and hatha yoga) over the centuries accumulated layers of meanings and practices that coexist in the literature as well as in the words of contemporary sadhus. Drawing from conversations with these interlocutors, the book demonstrates the importance of ethnographic fieldwork in shedding light on past historical developments, transmissions, contemporary reinterpretation and innovation. The strength of the work lies in its methodological approach and in the richness of its materials: by analysing present situations through comparisons and the support of past evidence, the book not only fills an academic gap but also stimulates further research on this highly complex topic.

By: Daniela Bevilacqua
Imprint: Equinox Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 155mm,
Weight: 395g
ISBN: 9781800504400
ISBN 10: 1800504403
Pages: 420
Publication Date: 03 June 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Daniela Bevilacqua received her PhD in 2015, in Civilizations of Africa and Asia from Sapienza University of Rome and in Anthropology from the University of Paris Nanterre. She is the author of Modern Hindu Traditionalism in Contemporary India: The Sri Math and the Jagadguru Ramanandacarya in the Evolution of the Ramanandi Sampradaya (Routledge). She is a Associate Researcher at the Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA, ISCTE-IUL) in Lisbon.

Reviews for From Tapas to Modern Yoga: Sadhus' Understanding of Embodied Practices

Reviews From Tapas to Modern Yoga is a subtle, incisive, radical ethnography of the relationship between transcendent self-discipline and embodied spiritual practice. It is deeply human and firmly grounded in the reality of actual experience in this world, even as it reflects an orientation toward alternative realities and experiences that transcend everyday social networks and connections. Joseph S. Alter, Professor of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh