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====Yoga Yajnavalkya====

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The ''Yoga Yajnavalkya'' is a classical treatise on yoga, attributed to the Vedic sage [[Yajnavalkya]], in the form of a dialogue between Yajnavalkya and the renowned philosopher [[Gargi Vachaknavi]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Rosen |first=Richard |title=Guided Meditation |magazine=Yoga Journal |date=March 2006 |page=121 |issn=0191-0965 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ekDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA121}}</ref> The origin of the 12-chapter text has been traced to the second century BCE and the fourth century CE.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Prahlad |editor1-last=Divanji |title=Yoga Yajnavalkya: A Treatise on Yoga as Taught by Yogi Yajnavalkya |series=B.B.R.A. Society's Monograph |volume=3 |year=1954 |publisher=Bombay Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |location=Bombay, India |page=105}}</ref> A number of yoga texts, such as the ''Hatha Yoga Pradipika'', the ''Yoga Kundalini'' and the ''Yoga Tattva Upanishads'', have borrowed from (or frequently refer to) the ''Yoga Yajnavalkya''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Mohan|first=A.G.|title=Krishnamacharya: His Life and Teachings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6nQQQ0OWo8C&pg=PA127|year=2010|publisher=Shambhala Publications|isbn=978-1-59030-800-4|page=127}}</ref> It discusses eight yoga [[asana]]s (Swastika, Gomukha, Padma, Vira, Simha, Bhadra, Mukta and Mayura),{{sfn|Larson|2008|p=479}} a number of breathing exercises for body cleansing,{{sfn|Larson|2008|pp=481–484}} and meditation.{{sfn|Larson|2008|pp=485–486}}

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