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Yoga and meditation are terms that find place in almost every Indian School of philosophical thought. Indeed, Yoga is also supposed to be the oldest of Indian philosophies. The originator of the yoga concepts is supposed to be HIRANYAGARBHA, who is the tangible personified form of the God or the ultimate energy according to the Vedics and the first Teerthankar Rishabhdev according to the Jains.
The earliest treatise epitomising the ancient yogic traditions of India is the YOGA-SUTRA of Patanjali. There are numerous later works on the subject available in Vedic as well as Buddhist traditions. But in Jain tradition, leaving aside a few works, the subject has only been peripherally dealt with.
Although there are references to yoga practices in the ancient scriptures like Acharang, Samvayanga and Tandul-veyaliya, yoga practices seem to have lost their importance in the Jain tradition at some unknown period.
The few complete works on yoga in the Jain tradition are by Jinbhadragani Kshamashraman (Yoga Shatak), Haribhadra Suri (Yogabindu, Yogadrishtisamucchaya, Yoga Shatak), Amitgati (Yogasar), Yogindu (Parmarthaprakash), Hemchandra (Yoga
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