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The Gheranda Sanhita: A Treatise on Hatha Yoga

by SRIS CHANDRA VASU
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9788121261548
  • Binding: Paperback
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  • Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
  • Publisher Imprint: Gyan Publishing House
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  • Pages: 147
  • Original Price: INR 300.0
  • Language: English
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  • Item Weight: 301 grams
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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.

Sris Chandra Basu or Srish Chandra Vasu (20 March 1861 – 23 June 1918) was an Indian Sanskrit scholar, judge, writer and translator of numerous works. He translated major yoga texts such as the Yogaśāstra, the Gheranda Samhita, and the Siva Samhita into English, several through his own publishing setup called the Panini office in Allahabad was the oldest son of Syama Charan Basu, a Bengali babu working under the British who had been involved in the establishment of the Punjab University, Lahore. At the age of six Basu's father passed away leaving his mother to bring him up along with three other siblings including Baman Das Basu. He was educated at the Lahore Mission School where his father had served as headmaster. He received a scholarship to study at the Lahore Government College and passed the First Arts Examination with Arabic as his second language.

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