Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction Translation 1. The Arrival of the Gods 2. The Changeless Self 3. The Unmanifest Lord 4. The God of Gods 5. The Lord's Dance 6. The Glory of Lord Siva 7. The Master of Beasts 8. The Hidden Lord 9. Brahman's Powers 10. Brahman and the Lord 11. The Highest Yoga Commentarial Notes Sanskrit Text List of Concordances Glossary of Sanskrit Names and Terms Bibliography

About the Author

Andrew J. Nicholson is Associate Professor of Asian and Asian American Studies at Stony Brook University, State University of New York. He is the author of Unifying Hinduism: Philosophy and Identity in Indian Intellectual History.

Reviews

"...an important work ... sure to be accessible to many interested yogis today." - San Francisco Book Review "This is an excellent introduction to, and a sound scholarly translation of, a foundational text. Andrew J. Nicholson is a first-rate scholar." - Andrew O. Fort, author of Jivanmukti in Transformation: Embodied Liberation in Advaita and Neo-Vedanta