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Sinister Yogis

D a v i D G o r D o n W h i t e

The University of Chicago Press

Chicago and London

D A V I D G O R D O N W H I T E is professor of religious studies at

the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of several

books, including The Alchemical Body: Siddha Traditions in Medieval India

and Kiss of the Yogin¯: “Tantric Sex” in Its South Asian Contexts , both

published by the University of Chicago Press.

The University of Chicago Press, Chicago 60637

The University of Chicago Press, Ltd., London

Printed in the United States of America

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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-89513-0 (cloth)

ISBN-10: 0-226-89513-0 (cloth)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

White, David Gordon.

Sinister yogis / David Gordon White.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-89513-0 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 0-226-89513-0 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Yogis—India—

History. 2. Yoga. I. Title.

BL2015.Y6W55 2009

294.5’61—dc22

2009004546

a The paper used in this publication meets the minimum require-

ments of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—

Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992.