Amaraugha Prabodha
The Amaraugha Prabodha (Sanskrit: अमरौघप्रबोध) is a 12th century Sanskrit text on hatha yoga, attributed to Gorakshanath. Its close connection with a Vajrayana text, the Amritasiddhi, implies a Buddhist origin for the practice of hatha yoga.
Yoga text[]
The Amaraugha Prabodha is a 12th century Shaivite Sanskrit text on hatha yoga, attributed to Gorakshanath.[1] It is closely related to the 11th century Amritasiddhi, a Vajrayana Buddhist work, describing the same physical yoga practices, but adding Shaivite philosophy, subsuming hatha yoga under raja yoga, and reducing the use of Vajrayana terms.[2] The Amaraugha Prabodha is the earliest text that combines hatha yoga with raja yoga.[2] It was likely used by Svatmarama when he wrote the 15th century Hatha yoga pradipika.[2][3]
The text defines hatha yoga as the type of yoga, as distinct from mantra yoga, laya yoga, and raja yoga, which manipulates the breath and the bindu (semen).[4]
References[]
- ^ Mallik, Kalyani Devi (1954). Siddha-Siddhānta-Paddhati and other works of the Nātha Yogīs. Pune: Poona Oriental Book House.
- ^ a b c Birch, Jason (2019). "The Amaraughaprabodha: New Evidence on the Manuscript Transmission of an Early Work on Haṭha- and Rājayoga". Journal of Indian Philosophy. 47 (5): 947–977. doi:10.1007/s10781-019-09401-5. ISSN 0022-1791.
- ^ Bouy, Christian (1994). Les Nātha-Yogin et Les Upaniṣads. Paris: Diffusion De Boccard. pp. 18–19.
- ^ Mallinson & Singleton 2017, pp. 32, 180–181.
Sources[]
- Mallinson, James; Singleton, Mark (2017). Roots of Yoga. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-241-25304-5. OCLC 928480104.
- 12th-century books
- Sanskrit books
- Hatha yoga texts