Between Sound and Silence in Early Yoga: Meditation on "Om" at Death
This article examines the history of yoga with attention to mantras and sacred sound. It argues that meditation on the syllable "om" at the moment of death, which is central to the construction of early yoga, has roots in a much older technique from Vedic sacrifice called the "yoking&...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2021
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History of religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 60, Issue: 3, Pages: 209-244 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Yoga
/ OM
/ Dying person
/ Meditation
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
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