A Manual on the Practice of Haṭhayoga

An Edition and Translation of the Pune Manuscript of the Haṭhābhyāsappaddhati

James MALLINSON, Jason BIRCH, Mark SINGLETON

Collection : Collection Indologie

Collection's number: 164

Edition: EFEO - Coéditions, Institut français de Pondichéry (IFP)

Publication date: 2025

Status : Available

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ISBN-13 : 9782855392981

ISSN : 0073-8352

Width : 17 cm

Height : 24 cm

Weight : 0.33 kg

Number of pages : 174

Distributor : EFEO Diffusion, EFEO Pondichéry Contact : shanti@efeo-pondicherry.org

Geography : India

Language : French, English, Sanskrit

Place : Pondichéry

Support : Papier

Description :

xiv + 160 p., French, Sanskrit, English, paperback

ISBN EFEO : 9782855392981

ISBN IFP : 9788184702576

Collection Indologie n˚ 164

Haṭhayoga series n˚ 6

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Abstract

This book introduces, edits and translates the Haṭhābhyāsappaddhati, an eighteenth-century Sanskrit manual on the practice of Haṭhayoga. Probably intended for personal use by practitioners, the manual provides uniquely detailed instructions on a range of topics, including the yogi’s hut, yama and niyama, ṣaṭkarma, prāṇāyāma and mudrā. The most important feature of the text, however, is it treatment of 112 āsanas, many of which are not found in other yoga texts. Some involve repetitive or sequential movements and others require the use of ropes. In the nineteenth century, a manuscript of the text found its way into the Mysore Palace, where it may have had an influence on modern yoga through the teachings of T. Krishnamacharya.

Table of contents

List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
 
The Haṭhābhyāsappaddhati
     Name of the Work and its Author
     The Integrity of Work
     Evidence for Sectarian Affiliation and Region
     Date of Composition
     Intended Audience and sectarian Affiliation
     Unique Features of the Text
          The Yogi’s Hut
          Yama and Niyama
          Āsana
          Ṣaṭkarma
          Prāṇāyāma
          Mudrā
     Śrītattvanidhi, Saṅkhyāratnamālā and Haṭhapradīpikā
     The Haṭhābhyāsappaddhati’s Place in Modern History of Yoga
     Conclusion
     The Critical Edition
          Catalogues and Secondary Sources
          Manuscripts
               The Pune Manuscript
               The Mysore Manuscript
          Editorial Policies
 
The Critical Edition of the Haṭhābhyāsappaddhati
 
The Annoted Translation of the Haṭhābhyāsappaddhati
     Yogi’s Hut
     Behavioural Codes and Observances
     Posture
     Six Cleansing Techniques
     Eight Breath Retentions
     Ten Seals
 
Appendix I
Abbreviations
Bibliography
     Primary Sources
     Secondary Sources
Index

Notes

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