Re: [INDOLOGY] Depictions of yoga in kāvya

[Philipp Maas]

Dear Adheesh,
You and your student might be interested in my article “From Theory to
Poetry: The Reuse of Patañjali’s Yogaśāstra in Māgha’s *Śiśupālavadha*”.
In: Elisa Freschi and Philipp A. Maas (eds.), *Adaptive Reuse: Aspects of
Creativity in South Asian Cultural History*. Wiesbaden: Harrasso­witz
(Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes 101). p. 29–62, which you find
published in open access at this URL
<https://www.academia.edu/15249754/From_Theory_to_Poetry_The_Reuse_of_Pata%C3%B1jali_s_Yoga%C5%9B%C4%81stra_in_M%C4%81gha_s_%C5%9Ai%C5%9Bup%C4%81lavadha>
.

Best wishes,

Philipp
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Dr. Philipp A. Maas
Research Associate
Institut für Indologie und Zentralasienwissenschaften
Universität Leipzig
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https://spp1448.academia.edu/PhilippMaas


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Am Fr., 1. Nov. 2019 um 02:32 Uhr schrieb adheesh sathaye via INDOLOGY <
indology at list.indology.info>:

> Dear colleagues:
>
> In working with a student, we are curious if there has been research done
> on depictions of “yoga” (in any of its various manifestations),
> specifically within the ornate Sanskrit kāvya tradition.
>
> We would be most delighted to get your recommendations of scholarly
> studies or of primary sources. Examples that come to my mind are the
> descriptions of Pārvatī’s tapas in the Kumārasambhava - (though it might be
> arguable whether this constitutes “yoga” per se) - or of tantrikas in the
> plays of Rājaśekhara, Kṣemīśvara, and Bhavabhūti - (though these
> characters, too, are not usually shown as practicing or engaged in yoga in
> any active sense, and are furthermore usually lampooned).
>
> I look forward to your responses!
>
> With all best wishes,
> Adheesh
>
>
> —
> Adheesh Sathaye
> University of British Columbia
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