Mokṣa: A Historical Overview of Yoga in India

What is the origin of Yoga? What did ancient Yoga mean?
This book presents the history and philosophy of traditional Indian Yoga. It will take the reader on a historical journey, spanning from 3,000 years before the Christian era to recent times, highlighting the key milestones in the development of Yoga in India during each period. In this work, Professor Roberto de Andrade Martins explains the traditional meaning of Indian Yoga, which was the quest for spiritual liberation (mokṣa), and specifies how this search took place in the main types of ancient Yoga, such as Tapasyā, Jñāna-Yoga, Karma-Yoga, Bhakti-Yoga, Rāja-Yoga, Tantra-Yoga, and Haṭha-Yoga, explaining how each of these branches emerged.