The Gheranda Samhita: A Treatise on Hatha Yoga (Sanskrit Text with English translation)
Vijayalakshmi, M. (Ed.)
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Book ID : 20076
ISBN-10 : 81-88808-04-0 / 8188808040
ISBN-13 : 978-81-88808-04-5 / 9788188808045
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2011
Edition : (Reprint)
Language : Sanskrit & English
Translated by Sris Chandra Vasu; xx, 132p., 23 cm.
CONTENTS
DESCRIPTION
Gheranda Samhita is a Tantrika work, treating of Hath-Yoga. It consists of a dialogue between the sage Gheranda and an Enquirer called Candakapali. The book is divided into seven Lessons or Chapters and comprises, in all, some three hundred and fifty verses, It closely follows in the foot-steps of the famous treatise on the Hatha-Yoga, known as Hatha-Yoga Pradipika. This book teaches Yoga under seven heads or Sadhanas. The first gives directions for the purification of the Body (inside and out). M The second related to Postures, third to Mudaras, the fourth to Pratyahara, the fifth to Pranayama, the sixth to Dhyana, and the seventh to Samadhi.