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Yoga (school of philosophy)
Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason BirchThe Shoulders are denoted by the Sanskrit term Skandha, according to the Mataṅgapārameśvaratantra (Mataṅgapārameśvara’s Yogapāda) verse 2.23-27.—In later Tantras, various details [such as fixing the eyes on some object] often preceded the verses on the seated postures, thereby indicating that the position of the hands, torso and gaze was ancillary to all of the prescribed postures. In the Mataṅgapārameśvara, these postural ancillaries [making use of the shoulders] constitute what they call a karaṇa, and when it is combined with a seated pose, the Yogin’s posture becomes just as complicated as any seated pose described in later medieval yoga texts.
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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Full-text (+1225): Amsha, Skandha, Amsakuta, Skandhadesha, Skandhas, Ciru, Katsavara, Vaikaksha, Bhujashiras, Vaikakshaka, Amshya, Khava, Upavita, Skandhashiras, Brahmasutra, Upapakshya, Pratiskandha, Skandhya, Bhujabhomvari, Khandadi.
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Abhinaya-darpana (English) (by Ananda Coomaraswamy)
Chapter 21 - Hands denoting Famous Emperors
Chapter 6 - Twenty-four Movements of the Head
Sripura (Archaeological Survey) (by Bikash Chandra Pradhan)
Scultures of Dhyani-Buddha < [Chapter 3 - Sculptural Programme]
Stone Images (2): Jaina Sculptures < [Chapter 3 - Sculptural Programme]
Scultures of Samantabhadra < [Chapter 3 - Sculptural Programme]
Garga Samhita (English) (by Danavir Goswami)
Verse 2.7.25 < [Chapter 7 - Kidnapping of the Calves and Cowherd Boys]
Verse 2.4.19 < [Chapter 4 - The Liberation of Vatsāsura]
Verse 5.6.37 < [Chapter 6 - Seeing Śrī Mathurā]
The Bhikkhus Rules (by Bhikkhu Ariyesako)
Clothing: The Robe < [Chapter 3 - Possessions And Offerings]
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Beginners Questions < [Part One]
Early Chola Temples (by S. R. Balasubrahmanyam)
Bronze, group 3: Age of Parantaka I (a.d. 907 - 950) < [Chapter XI - Sculpture]
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