This affordable, critical edition of the Shiva Samhita contains a new introduction, the original Sanskrit, a new English translation, nine full-page photographs, and an index.
The first edition of this classic Yoga text to meet high academic, literary, and production standards, it's for people who practice Yoga or have an interest in health and fitness, philosophy, religion, spirituality, mysticism, or meditation.
James Mallinson has just produced the most reliable Sanskrit edition and English translation of the Shiva Samhita available.
I praise his painstaking and learned work, which is well complemented by a crisp, informative, no-nonsense introduction.
The accuracy and readability of this book make it of great interest to anyone working on Yoga and related disciplines.
--Elizabeth De Michelis, Oxford University, Author of A History of Modern Yoga.
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