page_title: Sritattvanidhi
section_title: Contents
hierarchical_section_title: Sritattvanidhi / Contents
caption_attribution_description: English: Illustration of Ankusasana, the elephant goad pose from the 19th century Sritattvanidhi. The pose is named Bhairavasana in Light on Yoga.
context_page_description: The Sritattvanidhi is a treatise written in the 19th century in Karnataka on the iconography and iconometry of divine figures in South India. One of its sections includes instructions for, and illustrations of, 122 hatha yoga postures.
context_section_description: The resulting illuminated manuscript, which he entitled the Sritattvanidhi, brings together several forms of Shiva, Vishnu, Skanda, Ganesha, different goddesses, the nine planets (navagraha), and the eight protectors of the cardinal points (aṣṭadikpālas). The work is in nine parts, each called a nidhi ("treasure").  The nine sections are:
  Shakti nidhi
  Vishnu nidhi
  Shiva nidhi
  Brahma nidhi
  Graha nidhi
  Vaishnava nidhi
  Shaiva nidhi
  Agama nidhi
  Kautuka nidhi
caption: Illustration in the Sritattvanidhi of a yogini in Aṇkuśāsana, the elephant goad pose, now usually called Bhairavasana
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