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body and health in yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra

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FIGURES<br />

1.1 Åyurveda’s three dhātus or doÓsas 43<br />

4.1 Ír¯ı Yantra 143<br />

TABLES<br />

Major dimensions of religious therapeutics 1–2<br />

Branches of religious therapeutics 8, 167<br />

The eight branches of Åyurvedic medic<strong>in</strong>e 37<br />

The four branches of Åyurvedic medical knowledge 46<br />

Six phases of the day accord<strong>in</strong>g to Maharishi Åyurveda<br />

Branches of religious therapeutics based on classical<br />

81<br />

Yoga’s eight limbs 84<br />

The five vāyus or vital forces 120<br />

The eight stages of samādhi 127<br />

The four stages of samprajñāta samādhi 129<br />

Yoga’s therapeutic paradigm <strong>in</strong> the Yoga-bhāÓsya 132<br />

Yoga’s therapeutic paradigm <strong>in</strong> the Yoga-sūtras 134<br />

The seven cakras 148<br />

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