Asanas of the Yogacintamani: the largest premodern compilation on postural practice,

Birch, Jason

Edited/Translated by: ed. by Hugo David et al.

Writing in Varanasi in the sixteenth century, when the Mughal empire was at the height of its power, the monk Sivanandasarasvati composed an extensive Sanskrit compendium on yoga entitled The Wish-fulfilling Gem of Yoga (Yogacintamani). Sivananda was an initiate of a sannyasin lineage descending from the great philosopher Sankaracarya (fl. ca.800). Sivananda was among the first to combine Patan...

Series: Collection Indologie; 161 / Hatha Yoga Sr.; 4

Publisher: Institut Francais de Pondicherry

USD 37.00

Note: Forwarding by air/ courier inclusive in price.