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A Study on the Haṭhayoga Literatures - based on 13th-16th c. Literatures

Younggil Park 1

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ABSTRACT

From the dawn of 9 – 12 centuries through the apogee of 15th century to 17th century, the amount of the Haṭhayoga literature is supposed to have been enormous. Since 1890, however, there have been publications of about 30 works until now, the entire scale of the literature still incomprehensible. Recently, the publication of the Descriptive Catalogue of Yoga Manuscripts at Kaivalyadhama of Lonavla has enabled us to surmise the approximate scale of the literature. Including manuscripts in various Āśrams, whose catalogues still not open to the public, other manuscripts missing even in catalogues, and private collections still to be located, however, above 100 texts remain dormant in closed areas. Therefore, research on the Haṭhayoga literature, including excavations of texts and textual criticism of them, is urgently needed. Besides, the study on the Haṭhayoga literature has been limited severely until now. For the 100 years until now, there have been publications of about 10 research works of academic worth, while there has not been even rough introduction of the literature, excluding the early and popular texts of Gorkṣanātha. This article, first of all, purports to deal with the characteristics and main contents of the Haṭhayoga literature, investigating their construction from 13th century to 16th century.

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