Pasupata Yoga and the Art of Dying: With Specific Reference to the Pasupatasutra, Ratnatika and Skandapurana
This paper researches the relation between yoga and death in the early Saiva tradition of the Pasupatas, based on three Pasupata sources: the Pasupatasutra, the Ratnatika and the Skandapurana. The paper presents an analysis and interpretation of textual passages that treat the last moment of the lif...
| Published in: | Religions of South Asia |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Equinox
2021
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| In: |
Religions of South Asia
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pāśupatasūtra
/ Skanda-Purāṇa
/ Pashupatas
/ Yoga
/ Dying
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Skandapurāṇa
B utkrānti B Death B Yoga B Śaivism B Pāśupata |
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| Summary: | This paper researches the relation between yoga and death in the early Saiva tradition of the Pasupatas, based on three Pasupata sources: the Pasupatasutra, the Ratnatika and the Skandapurana. The paper presents an analysis and interpretation of textual passages that treat the last moment of the life of a Pasupata ascetic in order to find out whether or not his death can be interpreted as a form of ‘self-induced yogic death’. Following the analysis of the primary sources, it will become clear that yoga and death stood in a much closer relation than one might expect. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.20909 |