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Body(continued)
as instrument of liberation, 28,
157
as karmic process, 22
as machine, 12, 14, 18, 70
as prison, 12
as self, 23
as temple, 12
as vehicle for congruous junctions,
44
anatomical, 19
biochemical, 19
Cartesian, 14–17, 173
felt, 16
field model, 20, 27, 173
five sheaths model, 25, 173
for-us, 17
lived, 65
objective, 16–17
of breath, 115, 119–20
of experienced meaning, 20
of food, 170
of intelligence, 48
perceived, 17
physiological, 19
psychoneuroimmunological, 20
psychosomatic, 19
quantum mechanical, 48, 72
rational, 19
seen, 16
subjective, 16
synergic, 20
tactile-kinesthetic, 16
three bodies (gross, subtle, cau-
sal/karmic), 27, 109–11
tripod, 43
volitional, 19
Hindu views of, 8
in ̄Ayurveda, 36–44
in Bhagavadg ̄ıta ̄, 26–27
in classical Yoga, 27–29
in T ̄antric yogas, 140–53
in Tantra, 29–36, 143–44
in UpaniÓsads, 25–26
in Vedas, 23–25
in Western medicine, 17–21
Sanskrit terms for, 22

soteriological role of, 6–7, 112–14,

116, 121, 139, 164

Tantra’s valuing of, 139–40

Yoga’s disvaluing of, 139–40

Body politic, 15, 55, 70

Body/mind, 8, 13, 22. See also

Dualism

Body/mind vs. Self, 5

Breath, 23, 35, 91, 104. See also San-

skrit terms index Pr ̄ana

alternate nostril breathing, 119–20

and music, 158

as vehicle of spiritual and healing

knowledge, 161

five vital forces (table), 120

in chant, 163–64

of plants, 170

Breath disciplines (pr ̄an ̄ay ̄ama). See

Sanskrit terms index Yoga

Breath, music, and healing, 160–61

Buddhism, 22–23, 91

and community, 169–70

and development of Indian medi-

cine, 79

Chinese, 169–70

Ethics, 106

Four noble truths, 133

in ̄Ayurveda, 42

Japanese, 169–70

Mah ̄ay ̄ana, 152

music, 162

T ̄antric, 149

Tibetan

overtone chant, 164

sand-paintings, 157

Zen, 52, 162

C ̄arvaka, 22–23

Caraka’s Analysis of the Human Body,

44

Caste, 31

Causation of disease. SeeEtiology

Chain of being, 40, 44

Change, 51, 76

Chant. See also Music; Song; Sound

Gregorian, 157

Sanskrit, 163–64

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