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The Joga Pradīpikā however asks the yogi to stay on as a physical body to serve the Lord, rather than choosing liberation. [ 16 ] The Joga Pradīpikā conflates the mudrās with asanas by describing the mahāmudrā as one of its 84 asanas.
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika is the hatha yoga text that has historically been studied within yoga teacher training programmes, alongside texts on classical yoga such as Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. [7] In the twenty-first century, research on the history of yoga has led to a more developed understanding of hatha yoga's origins. [8]
Hatha yoga (/ ˈ h ʌ t ə, ˈ h ɑː t ə /; IAST: Haṭha-yoga) [2] is a branch of yoga that uses physical techniques to try to preserve and channel vital force or energy. The Sanskrit word हठ haṭha literally means "force", alluding to a system of physical techniques.
Within the Yoga school of Hindu philosophy, niyamas are described in the eight limbs (steps; ashtanga yoga) of yoga. [7] Niyama is the second limb which includes virtuous habits, behaviors, and observances (the "dos"). [8] [9] These virtues and ethical premises are considered in Hinduism as necessary for an individual to achieve a liberation or ...
Patañjali lists five yamas in his Yoga Sūtras. Ten yamas are codified as "the restraints" in numerous Hindu texts, including Yajnavalkya Smriti in verse 3.313, [1] the Śāṇḍilya and Vārāha Upanishads, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Svātmārāma, [4] and the Tirumantiram of Tirumular. [5]
It can have universal application, irrespective of their religion. It is intended mainly to clean the air passageways in the head. Both the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and other sources [1] usually attribute to Neti many beneficial effects that range from profound physiological ones on the body, mind and personality to even clairvoyance. [2]
Roots of Yoga is a 2017 book of commentary and translations from over 100 ancient and medieval yoga texts, mainly written in Sanskrit but including several other languages, many not previously published, about the origins of yoga including practices such as āsana, mantra, and meditation, by the scholar-practitioners James Mallinson and Mark Singleton.
Shiva Samhita declares itself to be a yoga text, but also refers to itself as a tantra in its five chapters. [8] The first chapter starts with the statement, states Mallinson, that "there is one eternal true knowledge", then discusses various doctrines of self liberation followed by asserting that Yoga is the highest path.