Vimanarcanakalpa
TheVimānārcanākalpais a 10th to 11th century text onHatha yoga,attributed to the sageMarichi.
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TheVimanarcanakalpais a 10th to 11th century prose text[1][2]onHatha yoga,attributed to the sageMarichi.[3]It states thatyogais the union of the individual with the supreme self.[4]
It is one of the earliest texts to describe a non-seatedasanaand to call such postures asanas (the term originally and literally meaning a seat), namelyMayurasanathe peacock pose. In chapter 96 it describes nine asanas in all (Brahmasana,Svastikasana,Padmasana,Gomukhasana,Simhasana,Muktasana,Virasana,[a]Bhadrasana,and Mayurasana), some 500 years before theHatha Yoga Pradipika.[5]Its account of Mayurasana, inJames 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 ofpratyahara,withdrawal using the breath, which is raised through 18 stages called marmans, vital points.[7]
TheVimanarcanakalpadescribes other topics, such as the practice of burying sacred bronze objects to protect them in times of trouble.[8]
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[edit]- ^Marichi 1926.
- ^Huesken, Ute (2 November 2002)."VaikhAnasa saMhitAs".Ramanuja.org.Retrieved1 February2019.
- ^Mallinson, James(9 December 2011)."A Response to Mark Singleton's Yoga Body by James Mallinson".Retrieved4 January2019.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.
- ^Nagaswamy, R."Eslam Bronzes and Copper-plates".Tamil Arts Academy.Retrieved1 February2019.
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
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[edit]- Marichi(1926) [c. 1000].Vimanarcanakalpa(in Sanskrit).
Secondary
[edit]- Mallinson, James;Singleton, Mark(2017).Roots of Yoga.Penguin Books.ISBN978-0-241-25304-5.OCLC928480104.
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