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Religious therapeutics: body and health in yoga,ayurveda and tantra/ Gregory P. Fields

By: Fields, Gregory PMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: SUNY series in religious studiesPublication details: New Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass, 2001Description: 222 pISBN: 812081875xSubject(s): Yoga | Ayurveda | Medicine -- Religious aspects -- Hinduism | Medicine, AyurvedicDDC classification: 615.852

Contents:

The Idea of Religious Therapeutics -- Religion and Medicine -- A Model of Religious Therapeutics -- Body and Philosophies of Healing -- Body in Western Philosophy of Medicine -- Presuppositions about the Body -- Descartes on Body and Medicine -- Body in the History of Western Medicine -- Iconoclastic Concepts of Body in Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda -- Traditional Indian Views of Person and Body -- Yoga's Use of the Body to Transcend Itself -- Tantra's Enlightenable Body -- Body as the Ground of Well-being in Ayurveda -- Meanings of Health in Ayurveda -- Inquiry into Health -- Determinants of Health -- Biological and Ecological Determinants -- Life, Development, and Longevity -- Equilibrium -- Adaptation -- Non-susceptibility -- Vitality, Endurance, and Relaxation -- Medical and Psychological Determinants -- Normality -- Freedom from Pain -- Wholeness and Integration -- Awareness and Mental Clarity -- Socio-cultural and Aesthetic Determinants -- Relationality -- Creativity -- Generativity -- Enjoyment -- Metaphysical and Religious Determinants -- Self-identity -- Freedom -- Ayurvedic Religious Therapeutics -- Classical Yoga as a Religious Therapeutic -- Meanings and Forms of Yoga -- Meanings of 'Yoga' -- Yoga in the Vedas, Upanisads, and Bhagavadgita -- Yoga in the Vedas -- Yoga in the Upanisads -- Yoga in the Bhagavadgita -- Traditions of Yoga Practice -- A Matrix of Classical Yoga as a Religious Therapeutic -- Metaphysical and Epistemic Foundations -- Yoga's Therapeutic Paradigm.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	615.852 FIE/R (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P13661

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The Idea of Religious Therapeutics --
Religion and Medicine --
A Model of Religious Therapeutics --
Body and Philosophies of Healing --
Body in Western Philosophy of Medicine --
Presuppositions about the Body --
Descartes on Body and Medicine --
Body in the History of Western Medicine --
Iconoclastic Concepts of Body in Yoga, Tantra, and Ayurveda --
Traditional Indian Views of Person and Body --
Yoga's Use of the Body to Transcend Itself --
Tantra's Enlightenable Body --
Body as the Ground of Well-being in Ayurveda --
Meanings of Health in Ayurveda --
Inquiry into Health --
Determinants of Health --
Biological and Ecological Determinants --
Life, Development, and Longevity --
Equilibrium --
Adaptation --
Non-susceptibility --
Vitality, Endurance, and Relaxation --
Medical and Psychological Determinants --
Normality --
Freedom from Pain --
Wholeness and Integration --
Awareness and Mental Clarity --
Socio-cultural and Aesthetic Determinants --
Relationality --
Creativity --
Generativity --
Enjoyment --
Metaphysical and Religious Determinants --
Self-identity --
Freedom --
Ayurvedic Religious Therapeutics --
Classical Yoga as a Religious Therapeutic --
Meanings and Forms of Yoga --
Meanings of 'Yoga' --
Yoga in the Vedas, Upanisads, and Bhagavadgita --
Yoga in the Vedas --
Yoga in the Upanisads --
Yoga in the Bhagavadgita --
Traditions of Yoga Practice --
A Matrix of Classical Yoga as a Religious Therapeutic --
Metaphysical and Epistemic Foundations --
Yoga's Therapeutic Paradigm.

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