Amaraughaprabodha, Amaraugha-prabodha: 2 definitions
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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)Amaraughaprabodha (अमरौघप्रबोध) represents an 12th-century text on Haṭhayoga consisting of 46 verses.—The Amṛtasiddhi was the first text to codify many of Haṭhayoga’s distinctive principles and practices and was thus the first to assign names to them. As a result the Amaraughaprabodha, the first text to teach physical Yoga methods under the name haṭha, includes among its techniques the Amṛtasiddhi’s mahāmudrā, mahābandha and mahāvedha (with slight variations in their methods). In addition to these physical techniques, the Amaraughaprabodha also adopts from the Amṛtasiddhi the more theoretical doctrine of the four avasthās or stages of yoga, showing that the Amṛtasiddhi’s influence was more than simply terminological.
Note: The number of verses is based on a short recension of the Amaraughaprabodha, which is older than the recension published by Mallik (1954). The short recension is preserved by two manuscripts (Ms. No. 1448 at the Government Oriental Manuscript Library, University of Madras, Chennai, and Ms. No. 70528 at the Adyar Library and Research Centre, Chennai). For more information on this short recension, see Birch 2019.
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchAmaraughaprabodha (अमरौघप्रबोध) is a short treatise on yoga attributed to Gorakṣanātha. It teaches the fourfold system of yoga (Mantra, Laya, Haṭha and Rāja) which emerges in yoga texts written after the thirteenth century. The term amaraugha is a synonym for Rājayoga, and this appears to be unique to the Amaraughaprabodha. In language redolent of Pātañjalayogaśāstra 1.2, Rājayoga is defined as a state without mental activity and this state is free from duality. Some yoga texts mention that Siddhis can be achieved through herbs, but the Amaraughaprabodha states that Rājayoga can be both herbal and spiritual. [...] Like many other Haṭha texts, the Amaraughaprabodha emphasizes that all other yoga techniques are pointless without Rājayoga and, indeed, it claims that mantras, meditation and Prāṇāyāma are futile without Rājayoga.
Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).
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