Yogacintāmaṇi
The ''Yogacintamani'' (, IAST:, "The Wish-fulfilling Gem of Yoga") is an early 17th-century hatha yoga text by the Daśanāmi monk Śivānandasarasvatī, covering the eight auxiliaries of yoga. The asana section in all the manuscripts describes 34 asanas, while variations in some manuscripts add another 84, mentioning most of the non-standing asanas used in modern postural yoga. This makes it the largest asana collection from the early modern period. Text Eightfold yoga The ''Yogacintamani'' (, IAST:) is a late 16th-century hatha yoga text. It consists of four "rather discursive" chapters each with multiple long quotations from many yoga texts. The first half of the text, chapter 1 and part of chapter 2, introduce and define yoga. The second half consists mainly of eight sections corresponding to the eight limbs of yoga (''Yama, Niyama, Āsana, Prāṇāyāma, Pratyāhāra, Dhāraṇā, Dhyāna, Samādhi'') described in Patanjali's ''Yoga Sutras''. The text ends with a ...
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