Yogatārāvalī
The Yogatārāvalī ("A String of Stars on Yoga"
Compared to earlier yoga texts such as the 12th or 13th century
Two verses discuss kuṇḍalinī (an energy visualised as a coiled snake) without naming it. Ruth Westoby states that the text mentions the awakening of uragāṅganā, the snake-woman, whose awakening is induced by the three bandhas. This allows the breath to enter, and breathing is then suspended. Separately, kuṇḍalinī is named as kuṇḍalī.[4]
A detailed commentary on the Yogatārāvalī, the only one on this text, is the Rājayogatarala of Rāmasvāmi paṇḍita.[5]
References
- ^ a b c Birch, Jason (2015). "The Yogatārāvalī and the Hidden History of Yoga". Nāmarūpa (20 (Spring 2015)): 4–13.
- ^ Birch, Jason; Hargreaves, Jacqueline (January 2015). "Yoganidrā". The Luminescent. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
- ISBN 9780191053221.
- ^ Westoby, Ruth (May 2021). "Uncoiling a concept: Kuṇḍalinī in the early Haṭha corpus" (PDF). SOAS. pp. 5, 8. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- S2CID 188022716.