David N. Lorenzen is Professor of Asian and African Studies at the College of Mexico. He is the author or editor of several books, including Praises to a Formless God: Nirguni Texts from North India, also published by SUNY Press, and Who Invented Hinduism: Essays on Religion in History. Adrián Muñoz is Associate Professor of Comparative Religion at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

Preface

Introduction
David N. Lorenzen and Adrián Muñoz

Part I: Yogis in History

1. The Naths in Hindi Literature
Purushottam Agrawal

2. Religious Identity in Gorakhnath and Kabir: Hindus, Muslims, Yogis, and Sants
David N. Lorenzen

3. Drums in Gwalior: Maharashtrian Nath Heritages in a North Indian City
Daniel Gold

4. Influence of the Naths on Bhima Bhoi and Mahima Dharma
Ishita Banerjee-Dube

Part II: Theology and Folklore

5. On the Magnitude of the Yogic Body
David Gordon White

6. Awakening Generosity in Nath Tales from Rajasthan
Ann Grodzins Gold

7. Matsyendra's "Golden Legend": Yogi Tales and Nath Ideology
Adrián Muñoz

8. What Should Minanath Do to Save His Life?
Lubomír Ondracka

9. The Matsyendrasam¿hita: A Yogini-centered Thirteenth-century Text from the South Indian Sambhava Cult
Csaba Kiss

Notes
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index