The Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā (Sanskrit: haṭhayogapradīpikā, हठयोगप्रदीपिका or Light on Hatha Yoga) is a classic fifteenth-century Sanskrit manual on haṭha yoga...

missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Hatha yoga (/ˈhʌtə, ˈhɑːtə/; IAST: Haṭha-yoga) is a branch of yoga that uses physical techniques to try to preserve...

are also called yoga poses or yoga postures in English. The 10th or 11th century Goraksha Sataka and the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika identify 84 asanas;...

intended mainly to clean the air passageways in the head. Both the Hatha Yoga Pradipika and other sources usually attribute to Neti many beneficial effects...

reaching samadhi). The Hatha Yoga Pradipika, for example, states that Hatha yoga is one of the ways to achieve Rāja yoga. Rāja yoga is discussed in the Yogatattva...

method of awakening of the supreme energy of the body, Kundalini. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika describes Mahamudra as follows: Pressing the Yoni (perineum) with...

century HR = Haṭha Ratnāvali, 17th century HY = Hemacandra's Yogaśāstra, 11th century HYP = Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā, 15th century JP = Joga Pradīpikā, 18th century...

accordance with one's pleasure). Over a thousand years later, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika mentions 84 asanas taught by Shiva, stating four of these as most...

Yajnavalkya Smriti in verse 3.313, the Śāṇḍilya and Vārāha Upanishads, the Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Svātmārāma, and the Tirumantiram of Tirumular. The yamas apply...

intended to clean the lower abdomen, especially the colon. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika and other sources attribute to it many beneficial effects. There...

outlined by Svatmarama in the Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā as kriya, are Netī, Dhautī, Naulī, Basti, Kapālabhātī, and Trāṭaka. The Haṭha Ratnavali mentions two additional...

phase; the practitioner relaxes in Savasana, just as dictated by the Hatha Yoga Pradipika 1.32. The posture offers "an exercise in sense withdrawal and mental...

15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika called it a synonym of Siddhasana, where one of the heels presses the root of the penis; according to Yoga-Mimamsa III...

consumed (leading to physical decline). According to the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a hatha yoga practitioner can prolong their life by controlling the flow...

yoga texts, such as the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, the Yoga Kundalini and the Yoga Tattva Upanishads, have borrowed from (or frequently refer to) the Yoga...

Bhairava Bhadra Bhamari Bhurukuti In the first upadeśa (chapter) of the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a 15th-century text, a list of yogis is found, who are described...

in yoga are two medieval texts, the Gheranda Samhita and the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. However, many hatha yoga texts describe mudras. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika...

of the tantric and haṭha traditions, including the Hatha Yoga Pradipika describes the qualified yogi as practicing the four yogas' to achieve kundalini...

consciousness and the spiritual aura. Yoga texts disagree on the number of nadis in the human body. The Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Goraksha Samhita quote 72,000...

The 15th century Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā goes further, stating (4.49) that "One should practice Khecarī Mudrā until one is asleep in yoga. For one who has...

yoga makes use of various pranayama techniques. The 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a key text of this tradition and includes various forms of pranayama...

important of the asanas, opening the way to liberation. The 15th-century Hatha Yoga Pradipika similarly suggests that all other asanas are unnecessary once Siddhasana...

"death". The earliest mention of the pose is in the 15th century Hatha Yoga Pradipika 1.32, which states in the context of a medieval belief system that...

mentioned in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika (III. 6–7). In recent times, khecarī mudrā was taught by Paramahansa Yogananda to augment Kriya Yoga practice. He stated...

end of this deep exhalation completes one round of Bhastrika". The Hatha Yoga Pradipika states that this Pranayama should be performed plentifully, for it...

Based on the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, it presented yoga asanas as a way of preparing for pranayama (yoga breathing) and meditation. Sivananda Yoga, founded by...

Hatha Yoga: The Report of a Personal Experience is a 1943 book by Theos Casimir Bernard describing what he learnt of hatha yoga, ostensibly in India....

the Gheranda Samhita, with a classical set of ten arising in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. Mudra is used in the iconography of Hindu and Buddhist art of the...

medieval hatha yoga as a mudra, Viparita Karani, which is documented in the 14th century Śiva Saṃhitā 4.45-47, the 15th century Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā 3.78-81...

retentions, and seals assist in Haṭha yoga. It mentions 8 purifications (shatkarmas), criticising the Hatha Yoga Pradipika for only describing 6 of these...