The birth of indology as an Islamic science : Al-Biruni's treatise on yoga psychology /

In The Birth of Indology as an Islamic Science Mario Kozah closely examines the pioneering contribution by Bīrūnī (d. circa 1048) to the study of comparative religion in his major work on India. Kozah concludes that a process of Islamisation is employed through a meticulous systematization of Hindu...

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Main Author: Kozah, Mario, 1976-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2015.

Series: Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies 97.
Middle East and Islamic Studies E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303935.

Subjects:

Bīrūnī, Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad, > 973?-1048. > Kitāb Bātanjal al-Hindī fī al-khalāṣ min al-irtibāk.

Patañjali. > Yogasūtra.

Yoga > History.

Indian philosophy.