Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

PROF Jim Mallinson's Outputs (16)

Haṭhayoga’s Early History: From Vajrayāna Sexual Restraint to Universal Somatic Soteriology (2020)
Book Chapter
Mallinson, J. (2020). Haṭhayoga’s Early History: From Vajrayāna Sexual Restraint to Universal Somatic Soteriology. In G. D. Flood (Ed.), Hindu Practice (177-199). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198733508.003.0008

In India physical methods have been used for religious ends since at least 1000 bce. For two millennia these methods were simple techniques of privation in which the body was mortified, usually by holding a particular posture for long periods, in ord... Read More about Haṭhayoga’s Early History: From Vajrayāna Sexual Restraint to Universal Somatic Soteriology.

Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa I: Fragments of Digambara Temples and A New Vaiṣṇava Inscription in Tumain (2020)
Journal Article
Flügel, P., Balogh, D., Wright, J. C., & Mallinson, J. (2020). Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa I: Fragments of Digambara Temples and A New Vaiṣṇava Inscription in Tumain. Jaina studies, 15, 23-30

The article introduces the term 'non-tīrtha' as a new analytical category to designate Jaina sacred sites that have vanished or do not yet exist, according to the cyclical Jaina conception of history. It presents new evidence on two different Digamba... Read More about Jaina Non-Tīrthas in Madhyadeśa I: Fragments of Digambara Temples and A New Vaiṣṇava Inscription in Tumain.

Kālavañcana in the Konkan: How a Vajrayāna Haṭhayoga Tradition Cheated Buddhism’s Death in India (2019)
Journal Article
Mallinson, J. (2019). Kālavañcana in the Konkan: How a Vajrayāna Haṭhayoga Tradition Cheated Buddhism’s Death in India. Religions, 10(4), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel10040273

In recent decades the relationship between tantric traditions of Buddhism and Śaivism has been the subject of sustained scholarly enquiry. This article looks at a specific aspect of this relationship, that between Buddhist and Śaiva traditions of pra... Read More about Kālavañcana in the Konkan: How a Vajrayāna Haṭhayoga Tradition Cheated Buddhism’s Death in India.

Roots of Yoga (2017)
Book
Mallinson, J., & Singleton, M. (2017). Roots of Yoga. Penguin

Yoga is hugely popular around the world today, yet until now little has been known of its roots. This book collects, for the first time, core teachings of yoga in their original form, translated and edited by two of the world's foremost scholars of t... Read More about Roots of Yoga.

Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities (2013)
Journal Article
Mallinson, J. (2014). Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities. Journal of Indian Philosophy, 42(1), 225-247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10781-013-9217-0

In its classical formulation as found in Svātmārāma’s Haṭhapradīpikā, haṭhayoga is a Śaiva appropriation of an older extra-Vedic soteriological method. But this appropriation was not accompanied by an imposition of Śaiva philosophy. In general, the t... Read More about Haṭhayoga’s Philosophy: A Fortuitous Union of Non-Dualities.

The Original Gorakṣaśataka (2011)
Book Chapter
Mallinson, J. (2011). The Original Gorakṣaśataka. In D. G. White (Ed.), Yoga in Practice (257-272). Princeton University Press

Nāth Saṃpradāya (2011)
Book Chapter
Mallinson, J. (2011). Nāth Saṃpradāya. In K. A. Jacobsen, H. Basu, A. Malinar, & V. Narayanan (Eds.), Brill Encyclopedia of Hinduism Vol. 3 (407-428). Brill

Haṭha Yoga (2011)
Book Chapter
Mallinson, J. (2011). Haṭha Yoga. In K. A. Jacobsen, H. Basu, A. Malinar, & V. Narayanan (Eds.), Brill Encyclopedia of Hinduism (770-781). Brill

Siddhi and Mahāsiddhi in Early Haṭhayoga (2011)
Book Chapter
Mallinson, J. (2011). Siddhi and Mahāsiddhi in Early Haṭhayoga. In K. A. Jacobsen (Ed.), Yoga Powers: Extraordinary Capacities Attained Through Meditation and Concentration (327-344). Brill

The Khecarīvidyā of Ādinātha: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of An Early text of Haṭhayoga (2007)
Book
Mallinson, J. (2007). The Khecarīvidyā of Ādinātha: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of An Early text of Haṭhayoga. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203938263

Describing one of the most important practices of hathayoga (khecarimudra), the Khecarividya of Adinatha is presented here to an English-speaking readership for the first time. The author, James Mallinson, draws on thirty Sanskrit works, as well as o... Read More about The Khecarīvidyā of Ādinātha: A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation of An Early text of Haṭhayoga.