Template:Italic title 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 asanas, earlier texts having claimed as many without naming them. It describes 36 asanas.
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The Haṭha Ratnāvalī is a Haṭha yoga text written in the 17th century by Srinivasa.Template:Sfn It states (1.17-18) that asanas, breath retentions, and seals assist in Haṭha yoga.Template:Sfn It mentions 8 purifications (shatkarmas), criticising the Hatha Yoga Pradipika for only describing 6 of these.Template:Sfn
It is one of the earliest texts (the other being the unpublished Yogacintamani) actually to name 84 asanas,Template:Sfn earlier manuscripts having simply claimed that 84Template:Efn or 8,400,000 asanas existed.[1] The 84 asanas listed (HR 3.7-20Template:Sfn) 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.Template:Sfn
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References
- ↑ Cyclopaedia Yoga{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Yoga Institute(1988)
Sources
- Roots of Yoga{{#if:Mallinson|, Mallinson}. Penguin Books(2017). ISBN 978-0-241-25304-5
- Haṭharatnāvalī (a treatise on Haṭhayoga) of Śrīnivāsayogi{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Lonavala Yoga Institute (India)(2003). ISBN 978-81-901176-9-2