- (ahankara). —
Gheranda Samhita, 1.4 Translator:
Srisa Chandra Vasu
Gheranda Samhita (IAST: gheraṇḍasaṁhitā, घेरंडसंहिता,
meaning “
Gheranda's collection”)...
-
original script Shiva Svarodaya as well as the
classical yoga
treatises Gheranda Samhita and
Shiva Samhita all make
mention of
soham and
hamsa describing...
- illuminating". It is
intended mainly for
cleaning the
sinuses but
according to the
Gheranda Samhita has
magical curative effects.
There are
three forms of Kapalabhati:...
- in the 1905
Yogasopana Purvacatuska and
named Dhanurāsana,
quoting the
Gheranda Samhita's description. It is
unclear whether the
asana is medieval, as...
-
adding practical insights and
citations to
other Indian texts on yoga.
Gheranda Samhita: a 17th or 18th-century text that
presents Haṭha yoga as "ghatastha...
- mudra.
These expanded in
number from 3 in the Amritasiddhi, to 25 in the
Gheranda Samhita, with a
classical set of ten
arising in the
Hatha Yoga Pradipika...
- 135, this
explains the
reference to the
vajra weapon. The 17th
century Gheranda Samhita 2.12
describes what
Light on Yoga
calls Virasana, with the feet...
- The
classical sources for the
mudras in yoga are two
medieval texts, the
Gheranda Samhita and the
Hatha Yoga Pradipika. However, many
hatha yoga
texts describe...
-
meaning "posture" or "seat".
Makarasana is
described in the 17th-century
Gheraṇḍa Saṁhitā (Chapter 2,
Verse 40). It is
described and
illustrated in halftone...
- 32 "useful asanas"
listed in the
classic 17th
century Hatha yoga text
Gheranda Samhita; the
variant pose
Uttana Mandukasana is also in that list. The...
