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The Lineage of Immortals (Sanskrit Amaraugha) is the earliest account of a fourfold system of yoga in which a physical practice called Hatha is taught as the means to a deep state of meditation known as Rajayoga. The Amaraugha was composed in Sanskrit during the twelfth century and attributed to the author Goraksanatha. The physical yoga practices have a prehistory in a tantric Buddhist milieu but were here adapted for a Saiva audience. The treatise explains how Saiva yogis move kundalini, unite Sakti with Siva, and achieve Rajayoga. Three hundred years later, the author of the Hathapradipika incorporated almost all the Amaraugha's verses on Hathayoga into his own work, which became a definitive exposition of physical yoga. The study of the Amaraugha reveals not only the genesis of Hatha and Rajayoga but also the creation of the most influential model of Hathayoga in the early modern period. This book presents the first critical edition and annotated translation of the Amaraugha, as well as a later recension, called the Amaraughaprabodha, with an introduction that explores the profound significance of both works for the history of yoga.

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• Full title: The Amaraugha and Amaraughaprabodha of Goraksanatha
• Subtitle: The Genesis of Hatha and Rajayoga
• Author: Birch
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9782855392639
• ID: 44707252
• Publisher: EFEO
• Weight: 400 g
• Dimensions: 240 × 170 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 2024

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