Vimanarcanakalpa
Ancient Text
The Vimānārcanākalpa is a 10th to 11th century text on Hatha yoga , attributed to the sage Marichi .
Text
The Vimanarcanakalpa is a 10th to 11th century prose text [1] [2] on Hatha yoga , attributed to the sage Marichi . [3] It states that yoga is the union of the individual with the supreme self. [4]
It is one of the earliest texts to describe a non-seated asana and to call such postures asanas (the term originally and literally meaning a seat), namely Mayurasana the peacock pose. In chapter 96 it describes nine asanas in all (Brahmasana, Svastikasana , Padmasana , Gomukhasana , Simhasana , Muktasana , Virasana, [lower-alpha 1] Bhadrasana , and Mayurasana), some 500 years before the Hatha Yoga Pradipika . [5] Its account of Mayurasana, in James Mallinson 's translation, is:
Fix the palms of the hands on the floor, place the elbows on either side of the navel, raise the head and feet and remain in the air like a staff. This is the peacock posture. [6]
The text teaches a method of pratyahara , withdrawal using the breath, which is raised through 18 stages called marmans, vital points. [7]
The Vimanarcanakalpa describes other topics, such as the practice of burying sacred bronze objects to protect them in times of trouble. [8]
Notes
References
- ↑ Marichi 1926 .
- ↑ Huesken, Ute (2 November 2002). "VaikhAnasa saMhitAs" . Ramanuja.org . Retrieved 1 February 2019 .
- ↑ Mallinson, James (9 December 2011). "A Response to Mark Singleton's Yoga Body by James Mallinson" . Retrieved 4 January 2019 . revised from American Academy of Religions conference, San Francisco, 19 November 2011.
- ↑ Mallinson & Singleton 2017 , p. 21.
- ↑ Mallinson & Singleton 2017 , pp. 87, 100–101.
- ↑ Mallinson & Singleton 2017 , p. 101.
- ↑ Mallinson & Singleton 2017 , pp. 174, 190, 285, 296.
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he Vimanarcanakalpa, (Marici text) published in Madras, 1926, Chapter 70, pp. 435-439, gives in detail the process of concealing metal images in times of emergency and restoring them to worship. The chapter is titled Bhaya-raksartham Niskrtih.
Sources
Primary
- Marichi (1926) [c. 1000]. Vimanarcanakalpa (in Sanskrit).
Secondary
- Mallinson, James ; Singleton, Mark (2017). Roots of Yoga . Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-241-25304-5 . OCLC 928480104 .
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