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The '''''Haṭha Ratnāvalī''''' is a [[Haṭha yoga]] text written in the 17th century by Srinivasa. It is one of the first texts to name 84 [[asana]]s, earlier texts having claimed as many without naming them. It describes 36 asanas. <br />
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The ''Haṭha Ratnāvalī'' is a [[Haṭha yoga]] text written in the 17th century by Srinivasa.{{sfn|Srinivasa|2003}} <br />
It states (1.17-18) that [[asana]]s, [[Pranayama|breath retentions]], and [[Yogic seal|seals]] assist in Haṭha yoga.{{sfn|Mallinson|2017|p=29}} It mentions 8 purifications ([[shatkarma]]s), criticising the ''[[Hatha Yoga Pradipika]]'' for only describing 6 of these.{{sfn|Mallinson|2017|pp=77-79}}<br />
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It is one of the earliest texts (the other being the unpublished ''Yogacintamani'') actually to name 84 asanas,{{sfn|Mallinson|2017|p=91}} earlier manuscripts having simply claimed that 84{{efn|The number 84 is symbolic not literal: it is the product of 7, the number of planets in [[astrology]], and 12, the number of [[signs of the zodiac]], while in [[numerology]], 84<nowiki>=</nowiki>(3+4)×(3×4).<ref name="Rosen 2017">{{cite book |last=Rosen |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Rosen (yoga teacher) |title=Yoga FAQ: Almost Everything You Need to Know about Yoga-from Asanas to Yamas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0oBPDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA171 |year=2017 |publisher=Shambhala |isbn=978-0-8348-4057-7 |pages=171– |quote=this number has symbolic significance. S. Dasgupta, in ''Obscure Religious Cults'' (1946), cites numerous instances of variations on eighty-four in Indian literature that stress its 'purely mystical nature'; ... Gudrun Buhnemann, in her comprehensive ''Eighty-Four Asanas in Yoga'', notes that the number 'signifies completeness, and in some cases, sacredness. ... John Campbell Oman, in ''The Mystics, Ascetics, and Saints of India (1905) ... seven ... classical planets in Indian astrology ... and twelve, the number of signs of the zodiac. ... Matthew Kapstein gives .. a numerological point of view ... 3+4=7 ... 3x4=12 ...''}}</ref>}} or 8,400,000 asanas existed.<ref name="EastBombay1988">{{cite book | author=Yoga Institute (Santacruz East Bombay India)| title=Cyclopaedia Yoga| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2AXbAAAAMAAJ| year=1988| publisher=Yoga Institute| page=32}}</ref> The 84 [[asana]]s listed (HR 3.7-20{{sfn|Mallinson|2017|pp=116-119}}) include several variations of Padmasana and Mayurasana, [[Gomukhasana]], [[Bhairavasana]], [[Matsyendrasana]], [[Kurmasana]], [[Kraunchasana]], Mandukasana, [[Yoganidrasana]], and many names now not in wide usage; it provides descriptions of 36 of these asanas.{{sfn|Mallinson|2017|pp=91, 116-119}}<br />
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* {{cite book | last=Mallinson | first=James | title=[[Roots of Yoga]] | publisher=Penguin Books | year=2017 | isbn=978-0-241-25304-5 | oclc=928480104 }}<br />
* {{cite book | author=Srinivasa |editor1=Gharote, M. L. |editor2=Devnath, Parimal | title=Haṭharatnāvalī (a treatise on Haṭhayoga) of Śrīnivāsayogi | publisher=Lonavala Yoga Institute (India) | year=2003 | isbn=978-81-901176-9-2 | oclc=52846127 }}<br />
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