The Hatha Yoga Pradipika Ratna Pustak Bhandar Vidyadhara

Vidyadhara

The Aryans spread far and wide in the country

Introduction (Vol - I) It has often been said of the India of the Hindus that it possessed no history

show more clearly the keen historical sense and the sure perception of the departed great scholar than the lucidity with which he indicated the task concerning the Rajatarangini and the materials that were at hand for it

Meghadutam     Introduction i-viii   Text with Translation 1-43 4

The Hatha Yoga Pradipika Ratna Pustak Bhandar VidyadharaThe Hatha Yoga Pradipika of Svatmarama is one of the basic text of hatha yoga. The book is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with asanas (postures). The second chapter describes pranayama (control of breathing). The third chapter deals with mudras. The fourth chapters explains samadhi.