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Hatha Yoga Pradipika

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The Hatha Yoga Pradīpikā (or Light on Hatha Yoga) is a classic fifteenth-century Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga, written by Svāmi Svātmārāma, who connects the teaching's lineage to Matsyendranath of the Nathas. [1]

44 relations: Ahimsa, Ananda Yoga, Anuloma pranayama, Asana, Baba Hari Dass, Basti (Hatha Yoga), Bindu (symbol), Dhyanabindu Upanishad, Gheranda Samhita, Glossary of Hinduism terms, Hatha yoga, Hinduism, Jivamukti Yoga, K. Pattabhi Jois, Khecarī mudrā, Kundalini yoga, List of asanas, List of Hindu texts, List of historic Indian texts, List of important publications in philosophy, Mahamudra (Hatha Yoga), Meditation, Mitahara, Mr. Yoga, Mr. Yoga's 2,100 Asanas, Mudra, Nadi (yoga), Neti (Hatha Yoga), Niyama, Pranayama, Rāja yoga, Religious text, Sattvic diet, Shatkarma, Shavasana, Shiva Samhita, Siddha, Siddhasana, Svātmārāma, Urine therapy, Viparita Karani, Yamas, Yoga, Yoga Yajnavalkya.

Ahimsa

Ahimsa (IAST:, Pāli) means 'not to injure' and 'compassion' and refers to a key virtue in Indian religions.

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Ananda Yoga

Ananda Yoga, or Ananda Yoga for Higher Awareness is a system of Hatha Yoga established by Kriyananda, a disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, and is based on Yogananda's Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India (YSS) teachings.

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Anuloma pranayama

Anuloma Prāṇāyāma (अनुलोम प्राणायाम) is one of several Pranayama or breath exercises used in the practice of Hatha yoga.

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Asana

In yoga, an asana is a posture in which a practitioner sits.

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Baba Hari Dass

Baba Hari Dass (Devanagari: बाबा हरि दास); born 26 March 1923 in Almora near Nainital, Uttar Pradesh, now Uttarakhand, India, is a yoga master, a silent monk, and a commentator of Indian scriptural tradition of Dharma and Moksha.

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Basti (Hatha Yoga)

Basti is an important part of Shatkarma (sometimes known as Shatkriya), the yogic system of body cleansing techniques.

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Bindu (symbol)

Bindu (बिंदु) is a Sanskrit word meaning "point" or "dot".

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Dhyanabindu Upanishad

The Dhyanabindu Upanishad (Sanskrit: ध्यानबिन्दू उपनिषत्, IAST: Dhyānabindu Upaniṣad) is an ancient Sanskrit text and a minor Upanishad of Hinduism.

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Gheranda Samhita

Gheranda Samhita (IAST: gheraṇḍasaṁhitā, घेरंडसंहिता, meaning “Gheranda's collection”) is a Sanskrit text of Yoga in Hinduism.

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Glossary of Hinduism terms

The following is a glossary of terms and concepts in Hinduism.

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Hatha yoga

Hatha yoga is a branch of yoga.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion and dharma, or a way of life, widely practised in the Indian subcontinent.

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Jivamukti Yoga

The Jivamukti Yoga method is a proprietary style of yoga created by David Life and Sharon Gannon in 1984.

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K. Pattabhi Jois

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Khecarī mudrā

(Sanskrit, खेचरी मुद्रा) is a yoga practice which is carried out by placing the tongue above the soft palate and into the nasal cavity.

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Kundalini yoga

Kundalini Yoga, also known as laya yoga, is a school of yoga that is influenced by Shaktism and Tantra schools of Hinduism.

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List of asanas

Āsana is a generic term for postures used in the practice of yoga, derived from the Sanskrit word for 'seat'.

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List of Hindu texts

Hinduism is an ancient religion with diverse traditions such as Vaishnavism, Shaivism, Shaktism and others.

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List of historic Indian texts

Each collection represents a set of books that are collectively known by the collection's name.

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List of important publications in philosophy

This is a list of important publications in philosophy, organized by field.

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Mahamudra (Hatha Yoga)

Mahamudra is a hatha yoga gesture (mudra) whose purpose is to improve control over the sexual potential.

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Meditation

Meditation can be defined as a practice where an individual uses a technique, such as focusing their mind on a particular object, thought or activity, to achieve a mentally clear and emotionally calm state.

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Mitahara

Mitahara (Sanskrit: मिताहार, Mitāhāra) literally means the habit of moderate food.

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Mr. Yoga

Daniel Lacerda, also known as Mr.

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Mr. Yoga's 2,100 Asanas

Mr.

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Mudra

A mudra (Sanskrit "seal", "mark", or "gesture") is a symbolic or ritual gesture in Hinduism and Buddhism.

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Nadi (yoga)

(lit; lit) is a term for the channels through which, in traditional Indian medicine and spiritual science, the energies of the physical body, the subtle body and the causal body are said to flow. Within this philosophical framework, the nadis are said to connect at special points of intensity called nadichakras."Light on Pranayama" (Ch. 5: Nadis and Chakras).

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Neti (Hatha Yoga)

Neti (Sanskrit: नेती netī) is an important part of Hindu Shatkarma (sometimes known as Shatkriya), the yogic system of body cleansing techniques.

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Niyama

Niyama (नियम) literally means positive duties or observances.

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Pranayama

Prāṇāyāma (प्राणायाम) is a Sanskrit word alternatively translated as "extension of the prāṇa (breath or life force)" or "breath control." The word is composed from two Sanskrit words: prana meaning life force (noted particularly as the breath), and either ayama (to restrain or control the prana, implying a set of breathing techniques where the breath is intentionally altered in order to produce specific results) or the negative form ayāma, meaning to extend or draw out (as in extension of the life force).

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Rāja yoga

In Sanskrit texts, Rāja yoga refers to the goal of yoga (which is usually samadhi) and not a method of attaining it.

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Religious text

Religious texts (also known as scripture, or scriptures, from the Latin scriptura, meaning "writing") are texts which religious traditions consider to be central to their practice or beliefs.

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Sattvic diet

Sattvic diet is a diet based on foods in Ayurveda and Yoga literature that contain sattva quality (guna).

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Shatkarma

Shatkarma (Sanskrit: षटकर्म ṣaṭkarma), also known as Shatkriya,, in Yoga Magazine, a publication of Bihar School of Yoga refers to the Yogic practices involving purification of the body.

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Shavasana

Shavasana, Savasana (शवासन; IAST: śavāsana), or corpse pose is an asana usually done at the end of a yoga practice in which practitioners lie flat on their backs with the heels spread as wide as the yoga mat and the arms a few inches away from the body, palms facing upwards.

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Shiva Samhita

Shiva Samhita (IAST: śivasaṁhitā, also Siva Samhitā, meaning "Shiva's Compendium") is a Sanskrit text on yoga, written by an unknown author.

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Siddha

Siddha (Tamil "great thinker/wise man"; Sanskrit, "perfected one") is a term that is used widely in Indian religions and culture.

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Siddhasana

Siddhasana (सिद्धासन) or Accomplished Pose for men is an asana.

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Svātmārāma

Yogi Swatmarama (स्वात्माराम; IAST: svātmārāma) was a 15th and 16th century yogic sage in India.

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Urine therapy

In alternative medicine, urine therapy or urotherapy, (also urinotherapy or uropathy or auto-urine therapy) is the application of human urine for medicinal or cosmetic purposes, including drinking of one's own urine and massaging one's skin, or gums, with one's own urine.

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Viparita Karani

Viparita Karani (विपरीतकरणी) literally Upside-Down is considered alternately as an asana or a mudra in haṭha yoga.

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Yamas

Yamas (यम), and its complement, Niyamas, represent a series of "right living" or ethical rules within Hinduism and Yoga.

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Yoga

Yoga (Sanskrit, योगः) is a group of physical, mental, and spiritual practices or disciplines which originated in ancient India.

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Yoga Yajnavalkya

The Yoga Yajnavalkya (योगयाज्ञवल्क्य, Yoga-Yājñavalkya) is a classical Hindu yoga text in the Sanskrit language.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatha_Yoga_Pradipika

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