TY  - BOOK
AU  - Burley, Mikel
TI  - Haṭha-Yoga: its context, theory, and practice
SN  - 8120817052
U1  - 181.45 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Delhi
PB  - Motilal Banarsidass Publishers
KW  - Yoga
N1  - Introduction
What is hatha-yoga?
Purpose and structure of the study
Textual sources
Part One:
CONTEXTUAL ASPECTS OF HATHA-YOGA
1 Early Sources
Vedas
The 'Aryan invasion' myth
Yoga in the Upanisads
2 Yoga and the Indian Darsanas
The dstika darsanas
Sarnkhya and Yoga
Patafijala-yoga and hatha-yoga
3 The Guru-Sisya Relationship
4 The Symbology of Siva
The myth of hatha-yoga's origin
Symbolism in yoga
The meanings of Siva
Part Two:
THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF HATHA-YOGA
5 Hatha-Yoga and Raja-Yoga
The various yogas
Raja-yoga
The goal of yoga
Degrees of samadhi
6 The 'Body' in Hatha-Yoga
Unwarranted prejudice against hatha-yoga
Kaya-sadhana
The notion of jTvanmukti
The human being as 'multilayered'
Microcosm and macrocosm
7 The Subtle Bodily Matrix
Prana
Nadls
Cakras
KundaiinI
The nerve-nadl identity theory
Part Three:
PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF HATHA-YOGA
8 Hatha Techniques
Abhyasa and vairagya
Preliminary requirements
The central techniques
9 Effects of Hatha-Yoga
Siddhis
Scientific data
10 Conclusion
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