Hatha Yoga Pradipika

E504613

Hatha yoga manual Hindu religious text Sanskrit text yogic text

Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a seminal 15th-century Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga that systematizes postures, breath control, and subtle body practices within the Nath yogi tradition.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hatha Yoga Pradipika canonical	6
Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā	1
“Light on Haṭha Yoga”	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5248306 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Context triple: [Nath yogis, textualAssociation, Hatha Yoga Pradipika]

A. The Synthesis of Yoga
The Synthesis of Yoga is Sri Aurobindo’s major philosophical and spiritual work that systematically integrates various traditional paths of yoga into a comprehensive vision of integral yoga aimed at the transformation of human consciousness.
B. Yoga Sūtra
The Yoga Sūtra is an influential ancient Indian text attributed to Patañjali that systematically outlines the philosophy and practice of classical yoga, including its ethical foundations, meditative disciplines, and goal of spiritual liberation.
C. Letters on Yoga
Letters on Yoga is a multi-volume collection of Sri Aurobindo’s detailed spiritual and philosophical correspondence explaining his integral yoga and its practice.
D. Shiva Sutras
Shiva Sutras is a foundational Sanskrit scripture of Kashmir Shaivism that outlines a non-dual philosophy and yogic path to realizing the nature of consciousness.
E. Yoga Vasistha
Yoga Vasistha is a major Sanskrit philosophical scripture of Advaita Vedanta, presented as a dialogue between Sage Vasistha and Prince Rama on the nature of reality, consciousness, and liberation.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Target entity description: Hatha Yoga Pradipika is a seminal 15th-century Sanskrit manual on hatha yoga that systematizes postures, breath control, and subtle body practices within the Nath yogi tradition.

A. The Synthesis of Yoga
The Synthesis of Yoga is Sri Aurobindo’s major philosophical and spiritual work that systematically integrates various traditional paths of yoga into a comprehensive vision of integral yoga aimed at the transformation of human consciousness.
B. Yoga Sūtra
The Yoga Sūtra is an influential ancient Indian text attributed to Patañjali that systematically outlines the philosophy and practice of classical yoga, including its ethical foundations, meditative disciplines, and goal of spiritual liberation.
C. Letters on Yoga
Letters on Yoga is a multi-volume collection of Sri Aurobindo’s detailed spiritual and philosophical correspondence explaining his integral yoga and its practice.
D. Shiva Sutras
Shiva Sutras is a foundational Sanskrit scripture of Kashmir Shaivism that outlines a non-dual philosophy and yogic path to realizing the nature of consciousness.
E. Yoga Vasistha
Yoga Vasistha is a major Sanskrit philosophical scripture of Advaita Vedanta, presented as a dialogue between Sage Vasistha and Prince Rama on the nature of reality, consciousness, and liberation.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hatha yoga manual ⓘ Hindu religious text ⓘ Sanskrit text ⓘ yogic text ⓘ
aimsAt	attainment of rāja yoga ⓘ awakening kuṇḍalinī ⓘ
alternativeTransliteration	Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā ⓘ linked to: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
associatedDeity	Śiva ⓘ linked to: Shiva
author	Svātmārāma ⓘ
canonicalStatus	one of the principal classical Haṭha yoga texts ⓘ
dateWritten	15th century ⓘ
describes	15 major āsanas (in some recensions) ⓘ several bandhas ⓘ several mudrās ⓘ states of samādhi ⓘ various prāṇāyāma techniques ⓘ śatkarman (six purificatory acts) ⓘ
focusesOn	breath control ⓘ purification practices ⓘ subtle body practices ⓘ āsana (postures) ⓘ
genre	didactic verse ⓘ
hasPart	Chapter 1 ⓘ Chapter 2 ⓘ Chapter 3 ⓘ Chapter 4 ⓘ
influenced	later Haṭha yoga texts ⓘ modern yoga practice ⓘ
influencedBy	Nāth siddha tradition ⓘ linked to: Nath Sampradaya Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras ⓘ linked to: Yoga Sūtra
language	Sanskrit ⓘ
meter	various Sanskrit meters ⓘ
numberOfChapters	4 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	India ⓘ
relatedWork	Gheraṇḍa Saṃhitā ⓘ linked to: Shiva Samhita Śiva Saṃhitā ⓘ linked to: Shiva Samhita
religiousContext	Hinduism ⓘ
subject	Haṭha yoga ⓘ bandha ⓘ kuṇḍalinī ⓘ mudrā ⓘ nāḍī (subtle channels) ⓘ prāṇāyāma ⓘ rāja yoga ⓘ yoga postures ⓘ
titleMeaning	“Light on Haṭha Yoga” ⓘ linked to: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
tradition	Nāth yoga tradition ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nath yogis → textualAssociation → Hatha Yoga Pradipika ⓘ

Kundalini → textMentionedIn → Hatha Yoga Pradipika ⓘ

Hatha Yoga → hasScripturalSource → Hatha Yoga Pradipika ⓘ

Nath Sampradaya → coreText → Hatha Yoga Pradipika ⓘ

Hatha Yoga tradition → documentedIn → Hatha Yoga Pradipika ⓘ

Goraksha Shataka → relatedWork → Hatha Yoga Pradipika ⓘ

Hatha Yoga Pradipika → alternativeTransliteration → Haṭha Yoga Pradīpikā ⓘ

linked to: Hatha Yoga Pradipika

Hatha Yoga Pradipika → titleMeaning → “Light on Haṭha Yoga” ⓘ