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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
10987654321
Fields, Gregory P., 1961–
Religious therapeutics : body and health in yoga, Ayurveda, and Tantra/Gregory P. Fields.
p. cm. — (SUNY series in religious studies)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn0–7914–4915–7 (alk. paper) —isbn0–7914–4916–5 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- Medicine, Ayurvedic. 2. Medicine—Religious aspects—Hinduism. 3. Yoga.
- Tantrism. 5. Body, Human— Religious aspects—Hinduism. 1. Title. 11. Series.
r606.f53 2001
615.5'3—dc21 00–
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