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Ancient texts on Yoga, up to around 1000 AD, excluding Medieval texts such as those on Hatha yoga. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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The emphasis and most verses in the text are dedicated to Hatha Yoga, although the text mentions Raja yoga is the culmination of Yoga. [40] The Mantra yoga is stated by the Yogatattva as a discipline of auditory recitation of mantras but stated to be an inferior form of yoga. [46]
The Haṭha Yoga Pradipika text dedicates almost a third of its verses to meditation. [97] Similarly, other major texts of Haṭha yoga such as the Shiva Samhita and the Gheranda Samhita discuss meditation. [98] In all three texts, meditation is the ultimate goal of all the preparatory cleansing, asanas, pranayama and other steps.
The Dattātreyayogaśāstra is the first text to describe and teach yoga as having three types, namely mantra yoga, laya yoga, and hatha yoga. All three lead to samadhi , the goal of raja yoga . Mantra yoga consists simply of repeating mantras until powers ( siddhis ) are obtained.
This is an overarching category covering books and texts over thousands of years, so it is suggested that all individual titles should go into one of the sub-categories such as 'Hatha yoga texts'. If a suitable subcategory does not exist for a book it should be created and the book placed in it, the category to be added here.
The Vasishtha Samhita shares many verses with the Yoga Yajnavalkya, some of which originate in the earlier Padma Samhita. [ 2 ] The text, ascribed to the earlier sage Vasishtha , was compiled by an unknown author of the Vaishnavite Shakta sect.
Some texts suggest a different and expanded list of niyamas. For example, the Shandilya and Varaha Upanishads, [17] the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, [18] verses 552 to 557 in Book 3 of the Tirumandhiram of Tirumular suggest ten niyamas. [19] The Hatha Yoga Pradipika lists the following ten niyamas in verse 1.18: [18] [20]