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The Power of the Nath Yogis - Yogic Charisma, Political Influence and Social Authority (Hardcover)
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The Power of the Nath Yogis - Yogic Charisma, Political Influence and Social Authority (Hardcover)
Series: Religion and Society in Asia
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The volume collects a series of contributions that help reconstruct
the recent history of the Nath tradition, highlighting important
moments of self.reinterpretation in the sampradaya's interaction
with different social milieus. The leitmotif tying together the
selection of articles is the authors' explorations of the overlap
between religious authority and political power. For example, in
which ways do the Naths' hagiographical claim of possessing yogic
charisma (often construed as supernatural powers, siddhis)
translate into mundane expressions of socio-political power? And
how does it morph into the authority to reinterpret and recreate
particular traditions? The articles approach different aspects of
the recent history of the Nath sampradaya, spanning from stories of
yogis guiding kings in the petty principalities of the eighteenth
century to gurus who sought prominence in the transnational
environments of the twentieth century; examining some Nath lineages
and institutions under the British Raj, in the history of Nepal,
and in contemporary India.
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