Pāñcarātra, 8, 13 n.25, 14, 15, 19, 26
n.86, 31, 34, 138 n.271

Pañcārthabhāṣya, 137 n.268

paramahaṃsa, 31

paramātman, 8

paricaya, 7, 8, 120, 138–42

Pārvatī, 122

paścimamārga, 145

Paścimāmnāya Kaula, 121 n.213

Pāśupata, 137 n.268

Pātañjalayogaśāstra, 33, 34, 126 n.232,
127 n.236

Patañjali, 3, 7

Pattadakal, 14

perineal lock, 143

Persian, 24 n.75

Peterson, Peter, 55

Piñgalā, 131

Pondichéry manuscripts
*Dattātreyabodha, 44–5*

*Dattātreyayogaśāstra, 38–40*
uncollated manuscripts, 49

*Yogasārasaṃgraha, 59*

Poona, 60

power over animals, 134

pradeśa, 141

Prahlāda, 14

Prajñā Pāṭhaśālā, Wai, 47–8

prākāra, 28

prāmāṇikā metre, 60

Prāṇa, 135, 146 n.288

Prāṇatoṣaṇī, 5, 57, 60, 61, 122 n.216,
124 n.224, 136 n.263

prāṇāyāma, 55, 125, 130–35

pratyāhāra, 7, 8, 125, 136–8

Purāṇas, 11, 31, 34
Bhāgavata, 33

Brahma, 35

Mārkaṇḍeya, 14, 30, 31–2, 35

Viṣṇudharmottara, 34 n.129

Purī, 23

Rājanighaṇṭu, 150 n.300

rajas, 27, 148–53, 160

rājayoga, 3, 7, 27–30, 43, 120, 153–5

Rām Dal, 22

Rāma, 24

Ramana Rao, P.V., 38

Rāmānandīs, 17, 24–6

Rāmānuja, 13 n.25, 20 n.60, 25, 28

Ramtek, 49, 63 n.200

Rasaratnākara, 137 n.266

religious garb/insignia, 6, 12, 24, 128

Rgveda, 148 n.292

rosaries, 128

royal insignia, 29

ṛṣis, 31, 32, 142 n.280

rudrākṣas, 128 n.243

Śabaras, 122 n.214

Śabaraśaṅkaravilāsam, 122 n.214

Śābaratantra, 122 n.215
Śabareśa, 14, 30, 122

Sahajolī, 126, 150 n.302, 151 n.306, 153, 161

sahita kumbhaka, 8, 63 n.198, 131 n.253, 132

Śaiva, 3, 17, 22–5, 28, 30, 121 n.211, 125 n.230, 128 n.240

Śaivasaṃnyāsapaddhati, 128 n.243

śakticālana, 10, 11–12

samādhi, 4 n.5, 8, 21, 124 n.225, 125, 142

saṃketas, 5, 13 n.26, 30, 121–4

Sāṃkhya, 32–3

Sāṃkṛti, 5, 13 n.26, 31, 34–5, 54, 55, 119–22, 126–8, 142, 146–8, 154

Sāṃkṛtidattātreyasaṃvādaprakaraṇa, 16, 58

saṃnyāsa, 132 n.256

Saṃnyāsī Nāgās, 21–2

Sampurnananda Vishwavidyalaya, Varanasi, 51

Saṃskṛta Sāhitya Pariṣat, Calcutta, 51

Samūrtārcanādhikaraṇa, 19

Sanderson, Alexis, 28, 62, 123 n.221, 127 n.236, 130 n.248

sandhi, 65

Saṅgamas, 24

Śaṅkara, 20 n.60, 23, 26, 124

Śaṅkarācārya, 29

Śaṅkaradigvijaya, 21, 29

Śaṅkarānanda, 11

Sanskrit, 14, 27, 62, 64

saptarṣi, 34

Śāradātilaka, 11

Sarasvatī, Brahmānanda, 59

Sarasvatī, Madhusūdana, 25 n.82

Sarasvatī, Śivānanda, 57

Saraswati Bhavan, 51

śarīrapakti, 33

śarīraśoṣaṇa, 33

Śarmā, Amita, 51

Śārṅgadharapaddhati, 5, 11, 12, 32, 55, 63 n.199, 138 n.270

Śāstrī, A.M., 54

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa, 32

Sāttvatasaṃhitā, 34 n.129

Satyananda, Swami, 153 n.312

Scindia Oriental Research Institute, 58

semen, 134–5, see also bindu

Vajrolī and, 4–5, 6, 9–10, 21, 26 n.80, 29, 34, 38, 57, 125, 147–53, 160–61

sexual continence, 21, 29, 126 n.231, 134, see also Vajrolī

sexual intercourse, 14, 29, 30, 134

Shanthamurthy, Shubha, 62, 122 n.214, 127 n.236, 134 n.259, 150 n.300

Sharma, N.N., 60
Shekar, 53

Shimoga, 21 n.64

Siddharāmacarita, 122 n.217

Siddhas, 3, 9 n.14, 18, 32, 34, 122
n.214, 125, 126 n.231

siddhis, 6–7, 9 n.14, 18, 120–21, 129
n.247, 133–4, 137, 140 n.275,
154

animals, power over, 134

clairaudience, 137

clairvoyance, 137

diseases, protection from, 146

elements, protection from, 7 n.11,
8, 140–41

god status, attainment of, 142

immortality, 123, 141, 145, 147

infinitesimal, becoming, 141, 142

levitation, 133–4

sexual attractiveness, 134

shapeshifting, 142

teleportation, 137

Śiv Dal, 22

Śiva, 13 n.26, 14, 18, 30, 121 n.213

Śivānandasarasvatī, 5, 15, 59, 60, 136
n.263

Śivasaṃhitā, 5, 10, 24, 27 n.90, 55, 138
n.270, 146 n.288

Śivayogapradīpikā, 41, 146 n.288

Smārtas, 23, 26

śmaśāna, 139 n.272

Somanātha, 21

southern recension, 9, 14, 18, 37–43

Adyar Library manuscript, 41–2

homorganic sibilant, 65

Madras manuscript, 42–3

Mysore manuscript, 40–41

Pondichéry manuscript, 38–40

Thanjavur manuscript, 40

Sovarel, Vlad, 51

sragdharā metre, 60

śramaṇas, 14, 25, 62, 127

Śrīharṣa, 35

Śrīkaṇṭha, 122

Sringeri, 17, 20–27, 28–9

Śrīnivāsayogī, 5, 56–7, 147 n.291

Śrīparvata, 122

Srisailam, 28, 122 n.217

Śrītattvacintāmaṇi, 23 n.73

Śrīvaiṣṇavism, 13 n.25, 20 n.60, 25,
26–7, 28

stemmatic hypothesis, 61–4

Sufism, 137 n.266

Sūktisudhārṇava, 150 n.300

śūnyas, 10

supernatural powers, see siddhi

Suśrutasaṃhitā, 148 n.292

Suṣumnā, 9 n.13, 10, 138, 139, 145

Sūtasaṃhitā, 11, 19, 35

Svabodhodayamañjarī, 6 n.9

Svātmārāma, see Haṭhapradīpikā

sweat, 133, 134, 150

Szántó, Péter-Dániel, 129 n.244
Tamil, 142 n.280
taṅg tor, 26 n.80
tantra, 3, 6, 9 n.14, 11, 18, 52, 140 n.275
Tantric Buddhism, 9 n.14
tapas, 142 n.280
Tattvasandarbha, 26
Tattvavaiśāradī, 34
teleportation, 137
Telugu, 14, 15, 28, 38, 62, 122 n.214,
n.217, 127 n.236
testimonia, 53–60, 61
Thanjavur Palace Library, 40
tilakas, 24 n.75
Tirumantiram, 142 n.280
Törzsök, Judit, 123 n.221, 124 n.224
travel, 132
treasure, digging for, 18, 130
Tripurā, 24
Tripurārahasya, 24

uḍḍiyāṇabandha, 9, 55, 125, 145
Ujjain, 58
uncollated manuscripts, 48–51
unseen manuscripts, 51–3
Upaniṣads, 16, 35
Akṣi, 35
Avadhūta, 35
Chāndogya, 139 n.272
Darśana, 35
ūrdhvapuṇḍra, 12, 13 n.25, 24, 128

urine, 123 n.223, 130, 134, 137, 153
Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, 33

Vācaspatimiśra, 34, 127 n.238
Vaikhānasa, 12, 19, 26 n.86
Vaikuṇṭha, 34 n.129
Vaiṣṇava, 3, 12, 13 n.25, 14, 17, 18–20,
23–7, 124 n.224, 128, 138 n.271
Vajrayāna, 3, 9 n.14, 10, 17
Vajrolī, 4–5, 6, 9–10, 21, 26 n.80, 29,
34, 38, 57, 125, 147–53, 160–61
Vaktraśambhu, 59
Vāṇībhūṣaṇa, 121 n.211
Varāha, 34 n.129
Varanasi, 51, 58
Varthema, Ludovico di, 29
Vasiṣṭha, 34
Vasiṣṭhasaṃhitā, 11, 12, 19, 32, 59, 138
n.271
Vāsudeva, 19 n.52, 34 n.129
Vasudeva, Somdev, 7 n.11
Veda/Vedic, 3, 17, 20, 21, 22, 27, 30,
32, 33, 142 n.280, 148 n.292
Vedānta, 13 n.28, 32, 120 n.204
vedavid sages, 33
Venkata Reddy, M., 52, 53
vibhūti, 124 n.224
Vidyāraṇya, 16 n.45, 21, 29
Vidyāraṇyakālajñāna, 16 n.45
Vidyātīrtha, 21
Vidyāvāgīśa, Haridāsa, 57
Vijayanagara Empire, 21, 24, 28

Vijñānabhairava, 6 n.9, 121 n.212

Vijñānabhikṣu, 127 n.238

Vimānārcanākalpa, 3 n.3

Vindhya, 122

viparītakaraṇa, 9, 125, 146

Vīraśaiva, 122 n.217

Virūpa, 9 n.14

visarga, 65

Viṣṇu, 14, 18, 19, 24, 26 n.86, 31–2, 34, 35, 54, 119, 155

Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa, 34 n.129

Vivekamārtaṇḍa, 3 n.2, 5, 7 n.11, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 37, 38, 40, 41

levitation in, 134 n.258

absence of mahābandha/mahāvedha in, 143 n.283

mahāmudrā in, 143 n.282

mūlabandha in, 146 n.289

padmāsana in, 126 n.233

pratyāhāra in, 136 n.263

Vivekasindhu, 121 n.212

voids, 10

Vrindavan Research Institute, 52

Vyaktigata Bhaṇḍāra Library, 53

Vyāsatīrtha, 21, 28

Vyāsayogacarita, 21

Wai manuscripts, 15 n.42, 46–8

western recension, 9, 14, 15 n.42, 18, 26, 37, 45–8, 160

Westoby, Ruth, 148 n.292

withdrawal, see pratyāhāra

witnesses, 9, 13, 15, 16, 30, 37–60

Adyar manuscript, 41–2

Baroda manuscript, 48

Dattātreyabodha, 30, 38, 43–5

Jodhpur manuscripts, 45–6

Madras manuscript, 42–3

Mysore manuscript, 40–41

Pondichéry manuscript, 38

testimonia, 53–60, 61

Thanjavur manuscript, 40

uncollated manuscripts, 48–51

unseen manuscripts, 51–3

Wai manuscripts, 15 n.42, 46–8

Wojtczak, Lidia, 145 n.287

women

company of, 30, 132

rajas, 148–53, 160

worldly pleasure, 7, 29, 30, 132

Yādavaprakāśa, 13 n.25

Yājñavalkya, 3, 4, 6–8, 17, 19, 27 n.90, 30, 32, 34, 125, 126–42

yakṣas, 142

yamas, 8, 125, 126

Yāmunācārya, 28

Yatidharmasamuccaya, 13 n.25

Yerrāpragada, 14

Yogakarṇikā, 60

Yogabīja, 33, 44, 55, 121 n.212, 142
n.280, 145 n.286

*Yogacintāmaṇi of Śivānandasarasvatī,*
5, 15, 59, 60, 136 n.263

*Yogakarṇikā,* 60

*Yoganarasimha,* 14

*yogapaṭṭa,* 14

*Yogarasāyana,* 145 n.286

*Yogasārasaṃgraha,* 59

*Yogasiddhāntacandrikā,* 15, 58, 124
n.224

*Yogaśikhopaniṣad,* 145 n.286

*Yogatārāvalī,* 44

*Yogatattvaprakāśa,* 15, 16, 58

*Yogatattvopaniṣad,* 5, 16, 42, 54–5,
60, 130 n.250, 136 n.263, 143
n.282, 144 n.284

*yogavid sages,* 33

*Yogayājñavalkya,* 11, 19, 32, 55

*yonibandha,* 143 n.283

*Yuktabhavadeva,* 147 n.291, 150 n.298