num_pages: 220
description: The popular perception of yoga in the West remains for the most part that of a physical fitness program, largely divorced from its historical and spiritual roots. The essays collected here provide a sense of the historical emergence of the classical system presented by Patañjali, a careful examination of the key elements, overall character and contemporary relevance of that system (as found in the Yoga Sutra) and a glimpse of some of the tradition's many important ramifications in later Indian religious history.
language: English
title: Yoga: The Indian Tradition
titlecomplete: Yoga: The Indian Tradition
ratings_count: 3
publisher: Routledge