Group of physical, mental and spiritual practices originating from ancient India

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Svāmihaṃsasvarūpakr̥tam Ṣaṭcakranirūpaṇacitram : bhāṣyasamalaṃkr̥taṃ bhāṣāṭīkopetañ ca = Shatchakra niroopana chittra with bhashya and bhasha containing the pictures of the different nerves and plexuses of the human body with their full description showing the easiest method how to practise pranayam by the mental suspension of breath through meditation only ; by Shri Swami Hansa Swaroop.

An Indian person of high rank in a yogic posture (the bow pose, or dhanurāsana). Gouache painting by an Indian painter.

Bibliography of Yoga / by Manik Thakar.

Physical Therapies (various) ephemera. Box 1.

A study of Patañjali / Surendranath Dasgupta.

Health and disease in ayurveda and yoga / Subhash Ranade [and others].

The Hindu-Yogi system of practical water cure : as practiced in India and other oriental countries / by Yogi Ramacharaka.

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Bibliography of Yoga / by Manik Thakar.

Physical Therapies (various) ephemera. Box 1.

A study of Patañjali / Surendranath Dasgupta.

Health and disease in ayurveda and yoga / Subhash Ranade [and others].

The Hindu-Yogi system of practical water cure : as practiced in India and other oriental countries / by Yogi Ramacharaka.