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so as to supply the required proteins to the body and thereby making the body sturdy and yet light. By doing this the hormones are reabsorbed in the body to keep the system balanced and to tone the nerves and muscles too. Thus Svātmārama states through the (above) two verses that the sweat has all the medicinal value and hence it need not be rubbed away and it ought to be made use of as it plays an important role in the practice of prāṇāyāma by an aspirant,
Foot Notes:
* This paper was presented in the 10th World Sanskrit Conference, held at Banglore in 1997 January,
1. The Hindus have unanimously regarded Patanjali as the founder of the Yoga system and as identical with Patanjali, the grammarian, the author of the Mahabhāṣya, who lived in the 2nd Cent. B.C. But Hermann Jacobi has made it probable on philosophichistorical grounds that the Yogasūtras were composed after A.D. 450, vide: Journal of American Oriental Society XXXI 1911, 24 ff; Bruno Liebich, 'Das Katantra' Heidelberg 1919, p 7 ff.
2. The Encyclopedia of Religion, Vol. 15, New York, pp. 519-529. 3. Yamaniyamāsanaprāṇāyāmapratyahāra dhāraṇadhyāna samādhayo'
stavangam.
-Pātañjala Yoga Sutra II- 29.
4. Pratyähärastatha dhyanam prāṇāyāmo'tha dhāraṇa tarkascaiva samādhisca sadango yoga ucyate ||
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-Yoga Upanisad 6.
5. Practice of breath control leads to a pure mind. It dissolves the covering that hides the effulgence within. Such a mind is fit for concentration. Patanjala Yoga Sutra, II. 52-53.
6. i. Hatha Pradīpikā, II. 37.
ii. It is interesting to note that Patanjali notices four types of Präṇāyāma, the distinction being based upon the nature of the pause. (1) Bahya kumbhaka, (2) Abhyantara kumbhaka, (3) Kevala kumbhaka and (4) Kevala kumbhakas. Cf. Patanjala Yoga Sutra, II. 50-51.
7. Kumbhaka is a synonym of the word Prāṇāyāmaac cording to the established facts. Vide (i) Pātañjala Yoga Sutras 1.34 and Vyasa bhāṣya too on Patanjala Yoga Sutras. (ii) Swami Kuvalayananda, Prāṇāyāma, Lonavala, pp. 38-40.
8. Suryabhedanamujjāyī sīṭkāri śītali tatha |
bhastrika bhrāmarī mūrchā plāvinütyaṣṭa kumbhakah. //
9. Hatha Pradipikā. II. 31.
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