Religion Compass

A Survey of Current Researches on India's Nāth Yogīs

Bibliographic Data

ID4299502
AuthorsVeronique Bouillier (corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume7
Issue5
Pages157-168
Publication date2013-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligion Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-8171 • E-ISSN: 1749-8171
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/rec3.12041
OpenAlexW1565620474
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited29

The Nāth or Kānphaṭā Yogīs belong to a Hindu Shaiva ascetic and monastic tradition which had a lot of influence on the religious and literary landscape of precolonial India and is still counted among the important sectarian movements of modern India. This survey offers a brief overview of scholarship on three key areas: first, the relationship to Yoga and the link with Gorakhnāth as the supposed author of Sanskrit treatises on Haṭha Yoga; second, the interpretation of the vernacular literature of the Nāth Yogīs, their legends, their strong relationship to power and their convergence with the bhakti milieu; and third, the Nāth Yogīs as constituting a modern sectarian organization, and recent developments relating to their organisation and rituals

Archaeology · Art · Asceticism · Hinduism · Linguistics · Literature · Political science · Sanskrit · Scholarship · Sociology · Theology · Vedas · Vernacular · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Law · Philosophy · Religious studies