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Title |
Title of document |
Introduction - Krishnamacharya on Kundalini |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Simon Atkinson; scholar-practitioner; |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Yoga Studies |
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Subject |
Keyword(s) |
Krishnamacharya; kundalini; yoga; prana; avidya; Sanskrit; South Asia; vaisnava; hathayoga; patanjali; snake worship; srivaisnavism |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Kundalini yoga |
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Description |
Abstract |
Chapter 1 introduces the South Indian yoga teacher Tirumalai Krishnamacharya (1888- 1989) and the concept of kuṇḍalinī. Most yoga traditions describe kuṇḍalinī as a serpentine energy that rises, granting liberation. Krishnamacharya, however, taught that prāṇa (breath / vital energy) rises, not kuṇḍalinī. To him, kuṇḍalinī is a blockage that prevents prāṇa from rising. Kuṇḍalinī is not something to be raised: it is something to be destroyed. This is a unique perspective among modern teachers of yoga. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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24-May-2022 |
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Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/42722 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.42722 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Krishnamacharya on Kundalini |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |