The Hatha Yoga Pradipika on Kundalini, Samadhi and Siddhis
- Date of account
- Usually dated to the 15th century CE, though it compiles earlier materials and its transmission is layered
- Location
- India
- Source
- model_recalled_reference
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Svātmārāma’s Hatha Yoga Pradipika describes bodily postures, breath retention, seals, kundalini, meditation and samadhi, while also preserving claims about unusual bodily capacities and liberation. It is useful for comparing physiological manipulation, absorption, interoception and culturally shaped reports of extraordinary experience. The manual presents a soteriological system rather than a controlled psi protocol, and its manuscripts, commentaries and terminology reflect earlier traditions. Researchers should examine how later translations and modern yoga publications selectively emphasize health or powers.
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