The eightfold gymnastics of mind: a preliminary report on the idea and tradition of astāvadhāna

• Authors: Lidia Sudyka , Cezary Galewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

The present paper stems from a field study initiated in 2006-2008 in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It aims at drawing a preliminary image of the hitherto unstudied art of avadhāna (Skt.: ‘attentivness, concentration’) of which aṣṭāvadhāna (literally: eightfold concentration) seems to be a better known variety. The paper presents a selection of epigraphic and literary evidence thereof and sketches a historical and social background of avadhāna to go with a report on the present position of its tradition of performance as well as prevailing set of rules

Keywords

EN

literary cultures; performing arts; astāvadhāna; avadhāna; intellectual literary games; Kāmasūtra; kavigosthi

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Cracow Indological Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 14
• Pages: 169-192

Contributors

author

Lidia Sudyka

• Jagiellonian University

author

Cezary Galewicz

• Jagiellonian University

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