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The Yoga of the Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati: Haṭhayoga on the Cusp of Modernity

The Haṭhābhyāsapaddhati is a Sanskrit text on the practice of Haṭhayoga, probably composed in the eighteenth century in Maharashtra

 2019 , jason-birch-and-mark-singleton history-philology philology asana ashtanga-vinyasa-yoga body-culture ha%e1%b9%adha ha%e1%b9%adha-yoga ha%e1%b9%adhabhyasapaddhati ha%e1%b9%adhayoga india krishnamacharya modern-postural-yoga mysore sa%e1%b9%85khyaratnamala sritattvanidhi vyayama vyayamadipike yoga
Premodern Yogāsanas and Modern Postural Yoga Practice: Distinct Regional Collections of Āsanas on the Eve of Colonialism

In this chapter, we formulate a corpus of premodern praxis manuals on yoga that were composed in the 18th and 19th century in rudimentary Sanskrit and vernacular languages, which were likely documenting collections of yoga postures (āsana) current among practitioners of the time

 2023 , jason-birch-and-jacqueline-hargreaves history-philology philology asana bikram-yoga buddha-bose ha%e1%b9%adhayoga jain krishnamacharya mahamandir modern-postural-yoga mysore sivananda-yoga swami-sivananda udaimandir yoga
Poles apart? From Wrestling and Mallkhāmb to Pole Yoga

Mallkhāmb (malla-khāmba, “wrestler-pole”) is today popularly referred to as “Pole Yoga” and it is recognised as the so-called “Authentic Indian Sport

 2023 , patrick-mccartney history-philology philology ha%e1%b9%adha-yoga indian-sport mallakhamba mallastambha pole-yoga yoga
Prostration or Potentiation? Hindu Ritual, Physical Culture, and the “Sun Salutation” (Sūryanamaskār)

The so-called “Sun Salutation” (S

 2023 , stuart-ray-sarbacker history-philology philology da%e1%b9%87%e1%b8%8d kuvalayananda namaskara nationalism pant physical-culture ramdas sun-salutation surya vyayam yoga
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