Yoga Yajnavalkya
The text describes the following eight yoga Asanas in chapter 3 – Swastika, Gomukha, Padma, Vira, Simha, Bhadra, Mukta and Mayura.
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The Yoga Yajnavalkya (Sanskrit: योगयाज्ञवल्क्य, Yoga-Yājñavalkya) is a classical Hindu yoga text in the Sanskrit language. The text is written in the form of a male-female dialogue between the sage Yajnavalkya and Gargi. The text consists of 12 chapters and contains 504 verses.
Of all works consisting of sacrifices, or rituals, or control of conduct, or harmlessness, or liberality, or the study of the Vedas; this alone is the highest Dharma (duty) that one should see the Self by yoga.
Like Patanjali's Yogasutras, the Yoga Yajnavalkya describes the eight limbs of yoga; however, it has different goals. The text contains additional material that is not found in Yogasutras, such as the concept of kundalini. The Yoga Yajnavalkya contains one of the most comprehensive discussion of yoga limbs such as the Pranayama, Pratyahara Dhyana, and Dharana. The Yajnavalkya–Gargi (man–woman) dialogue structure of this ancient text is notable in implying that the Yoga Yajnavalkya teachings is universally applicable and encouraged for both women and men.
The text was influential in the development and practice of the yoga traditions of India before the 12th century.
The text is attributed to Yajnavalkya, a revered Vedic sage in Hinduism. He is estimated to have lived in around the 8th century BCE, and is associated with several other major ancient texts in Sanskrit, namely the Shukla Yajurveda, the Shatapatha Brahmana, the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, the Dharmasastra named Yājñavalkya Smṛti, Vriddha Yajnavalkya, and Brihad Yajnavalkya. He is also mentioned in the Mahabharata and the Puranas, as well as in ancient Jainism texts such as the Isibhasiyaim. These references to Yajnavalkya in other texts, in addition to the eponymous Yoga Yajnavalkya, may be to different sages with the same name.
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