Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati
The Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati ("Manual on the practice of Haṭha yoga") is a manual of
Haṭha yoga written in Sanskrit in the 18th century, attributed to Kapāla Kuraṇṭaka; it is the only known work before modern yoga to describe elaborate sequences of asanas and survives in a single manuscript. It includes unusual elements such as rope poses.[1][2]
Manuscript
The Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati is an 18th-century manuscript, written by Kapāla Kurantaka, that describes elaborate
satkarmas). [4]
Adho Mukha Svanasana
.The manuscript describes the dynamic asanas with instructions to the yogi, for instance:
Lie face down. Put the toes pointing downwards on the ground, plant the palms of the hands at the crown of the head, raise the bottom and look at the navel. Bring the nose to the ground and take it up to the hands. Do this over and over again. This is the elephant pose (Gajāsana).[5]
The manuscript gives instructions for ten different rope poses.
References
- ^ Birch 2018, pp. 127–132.
- ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, pp. 94–95, 123–126.
- ^ a b Birch 2018, pp. 148–169.
- ^ Birch 2018, pp. 135–136.
- ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, p. 124.
- ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, p. 126.
- ^ Singleton 2010, p. 185.
- ^ Bühnemann 2007, p. 21.
Sources
- )
- ISBN 978-8-1246-0417-5.
- OCLC 928480104.
- OCLC 318191988.
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