La cuestión de la identidad Nath: Consideraciones sobre una orden de Yoguis

Diverse groups of yogis have played signi*cant roles in the religious history of South Asia. A special piece in this wide landscape is the group of ascetics that is traditionally known as the Nāth Panth, or the order of the Nāth Yogis. !eir importance lies not only in the political history of both p...

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Autor Principal: Muñoz, Adrián
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Universidad de San Buenaventura - Cali 2017
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Acceso en línea: 1794-192X
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Sumario: Diverse groups of yogis have played signi*cant roles in the religious history of South Asia. A special piece in this wide landscape is the group of ascetics that is traditionally known as the Nāth Panth, or the order of the Nāth Yogis. !eir importance lies not only in the political history of both pre-modern and modern South Asia, but also in the making up of the cultural and religious outline of various South Asian societies. !is paper seeks to revisit some aspects and problems concerning the so-called Nāth identity. It will discuss what it means to be a yogi, a Nāth, and what do original sources have to say on this, as well as consider the textual materials and possible approaches to achieve this purpose.