An Introduction to the Yoga Philosophy

By: Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu

Price: $1.75

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.: 2004

Edition: Second Edition

Seller ID: 013188

ISBN: 8121511224

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Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu's An Introduction to the Yoga Philosophy is an adumbration of the basic principles underlying this system. It gives a scientific exposition of the Yogic practices and the principles and underlying philosophy of the system, apart from explaining the rather abstruse terms in modern parlance. The book has twelve chapters, of which the first five deal respectively with the importance of Yoga and preliminary remarks, definitions, qualifications and methods and theoretical and practical features of mental training. The remaining seven chapters, deal with the practical ... View more info

The Gheranda Samhita: Sanskrit text with English Translation

By: Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu

Price: $3.25

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.: 2014

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 027794

ISBN: 8121507340

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Hatha-Yoga is one of the most important forms of Yoga in which attempt is made to attain concentration or Samadhi by purification of the body and physical exercises. The Tantrik Sanskrit text Gheranda Samhita, which is in the form of dialogue between the sage Gheranda and an inquirer Chanda Kapali, teaches Yoga under heads or Sadhanas. The book, containing three hundred and fifty verses, is divided into seven chapters, in each of which are given the directions for the purification of the body, Asanas or postures, Mudras, Pratyahara, Pranayama, Dhyana and Samadhi. The present translation of the... View more info

The Siva Samhita: Sanskrit text with English Translation

By: Rai Bahadur Srisa Chandra Vasu

Price: $3.95

Publisher: New Delhi, India, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd.: 2017

Edition: Reprint

Seller ID: 033251

ISBN: 8121505070

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The Siva Samhita is a Sanskrit text on yoga enumerating its concepts and cognate principles. In the five chapters are discussed and elaborated the essentials necessary for the practice of yoga, ways of attaining siddhi, the philosophy of existence, importance of yoga, the spirit, maya or illusion, the microcosm, the functions of the body, the principles of pranayama or breathing, asanas or postures, the Kundalini and its awakening, the various forms of yoga, etc. An important treatise on the subject, the present text with its translation into English should prove to be of immense value to the ... View more info