CONTENTS:-
1. Introduction
2. A Brief Survey of Relevant Texts
3. On the Terms Hathayoga and Rajayoga
4. The Place and Function of Asanas in Yoga Systems :
i. The Term Asana
ii. Asana as an Ancillary Part (anga) of Yoga Systems
iii. The Function of Asanas in Yoga Systems
5. Eighty-four Asanas in Yoga :
i. The Number of Asanas in Yoga Systems
ii. The Number Eighty-four
iii. Eighty-four Asanas in Older Texts :
a. Hatharatnavali
b. Jogapradipaka
iv. Eighty-four Asanas in Contemporary Sources :
a. Hanuman Sarma
b. Gahgadharan Nair
c. Svami Svayamananda
d. The Yoga Challenge® System
6. Sets of Illustrations of Eighty-four Asanas :
i. Preliminary Remarks
ii. The Coloured Drawings of the Asanas according to the Jogapradipaka :
a. A Description of the Drawings according to the Jogapradlpaka
b. A Reproduction of the Drawings according to the Jogapradlpaka
iii. The Line Drawings from Nepal :
a. A Description of the Line Drawings from Nepal
b. A Reproduction of the Line Drawings from Nepal
iv. The Sources in the Jodhpur Tradition :
a. A Description of the Line Drawings
b. A Reproduction of the Line Drawings
c. The Murals in Mahamandir
d. A Reproduction of Selected Murals
v. The Line Drawings in Svami Svayamananda 1992
vi. Photographs of the Asanas in the Yoga Challenge® System
7. Concluding Remarks
8. Appendices : Lists of Names of Eighty-four Asanas :
i. Hatharatnavali 3.9-20
ii. Jogapradipaka, Section 3
iii. Hanuman Sarma 1935
iv. Gangadharan Nair 1962
v. Svami Svayamananda 1992
vi. The Yoga Challenge® System
