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Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Svatmarama's fifteenth-century manual of hatha yoga: posture, breath-control, the seals and locks, and the awakening of kundalini as a ladder toward raja yoga.
A quick reference entry. For the full account, follow the guides below.
Appears in
- What is Hatha Yoga? Yoga
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika , the "Light on Hatha Yoga," composed by Svatmarama in the fifteenth century, begins with a bow to Shiva and a clear declaration of purpose, in Pancham Sinh's translation of 1914: "Salu…
- The Subtle Body: Nadis, Chakras, and Kundalini Yoga
The Hatha Yoga Pradipika and other hatha works speak of seventy-two thousand nadis threading the body, each said to branch again.