Joga Pradīpikā
1731 Indian yoga text / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Joga Pradīpikā (जोगप्रदीपिका, "A Small Light on Yoga") is a hatha yoga text by Ramanandi Jayatarama written in 1737 in a mixture of Hindi, Braj Bhasa, Khari Boli and forms close to Sanskrit.[1][2] It presents 6 cleansing methods, 84 asanas, 24 mudras and 8 kumbhakas.[3] The text is illustrated in an 1830 manuscript with 84 paintings of asanas, prepared about a hundred years after the text.[4]