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Gheranda Sanhita is a Tantrika work, Treating of Hatha-Yoga. It consists of a dialogue between the sage Gheranda and an enquirer called Chanda Kapali. The book is divided into seven Lessons or Chapters and comprises in all some three hundred and fifty verses. It closely follows in the foot-steps of the famous treatise on Hatha-yoga known as Hatha-yoga Pradipika. In fact a large number of verses of Gheranda Sanhita correspond verbatim presumed that one has borrowed from the other or both have drawn from a common source. The book teaches Yoga under seven heads or sadhanas. The first gives directions for the Purification of the Body (Inside and Out). The Second relates to Postures the fifth to Pratyahara the fifth to pranayama, The sixth To Dnyana and the Seventh to Samadhi. These are taught Successively-a chapter being devoted to each. The Theory of Hatha-Yoga to put it Broadly is that concentration or Samadhi can be attained by by purification of the physical body and certain physical exereises.
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ISBN : 9788121261548
Pages : 147
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