Yogic Identities: Tradition and Transformation
Early Mughal paintings bear witness to an ascetic archetype. Yogis have long, matted hair and beards, are naked or nearly so—what cloth they do wear is ochre-colored—and smear their bodies with ashes.
Sadhu - Wikipedia
Sadhu (Sanskrit: साधु, IAST: sādhu (male), sādhvī or sādhvīne (female)), also spelled saddhu, is a religious ascetic, mendicant or any holy person in Hinduism and Jainism who has renounced the worldly life. [1][2][3] They are sometimes alternatively …
Kanphata Yogi | Yoga, Mysticism, Sadhus | Britannica
Kanphata Yogi, member of an order of religious ascetics in India that venerates the Hindu deity Shiva. Kanphata Yogis are distinguished by the large earrings they wear in the hollows of their ears (kanphata, “ear split”). They are sometimes referred to …
Asceticism, Sādhus, and Yoga | Oxford Hindu Studies Online
We begin this session with a look at the basic structure of Hindu asceticism. We then focus on the historical development, contemporary status, and features of ascetic orders traditionally …
Ascetics and Yogis in Indian painting
2016年8月15日 · Yogis and other types of ascetics are found in Mughal illustrated historical manuscripts showing encounters recorded in Mughal histories between the emperors Babur, Akbar and Jahangir; and also in indivdual album paintings.
YS 103 | Yoga and Hindu Asceticism, From Past to Present
We will look at the development of Hindu asceticism from both a historical and ethnographic point of view. Special attention will be given to the practice and the understanding of yoga and Haṭha Yoga by sādhus belonging to the main traditional Hindu ascetic groups present in India.
(PDF) Let the Sādhus Talk. Ascetic understanding of Haṭha Yoga …
This paper aims to clarify the ascetic understanding of Haṭha Yoga and the role of āsanas in the ascetic practice. Initially, I will give some terminological and theoretical hints on the ascetic world and information about the methodology used.
[PDF] Let the Sādhus Talk: Ascetic Understanding of Haṭha Yoga …
2018年8月1日 · This article bridges the gap between modern, transnational forms of yoga, philological research on textual yoga traditions, and the understanding of yoga within ascetic communities, by providing a cross-section of yoga practice across a range of ascetic orders.
Yogi Practices - Royal Asiatic Society
Dr Mallinson was keen to show how ascetic practices had developed across boundaries of country, ethnicity and religion and highlighted his talk with historic texts and pictures alongside photographs of current practice.
(PDF) ASCETICS AND YOGIS IN INDIAN PAINTING: THE MUGHAL AND DECCANI ...
One of the many intriguing areas in Deccani miniature painting is the artist’s and the patron’s thematic inclination to mysticism, be it in the representation of Sufi saints and dervishes, or yoginis, the female ascetics affiliated to the Natha cult of Shaivism.
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