The yoga texts attributed to Yājñavlakya and their remarks on posture

• Author(s) / Creator(s)

  • Dominik Wujastyk

• This essay disambiguates the yoga texts associated with the name of the ancient Indian sage Yājñavalkya. Two key works are identified and reflections are offered on their manuscript and print histories. A text and translation of the section on yoga postures (āsana) from one of these works is presented, with a discussion of the historical evolution of these posture descriptions.

• Date created

  2017

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Philology
  • Yoga
  • Indian Literature
  • Āsana
  • Asian Literature
  • Translations

• Type of Item

  Article (Published)

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R34X54X21

• License

  Attribution-NonCommerical-NoDerivs 4.0 International