yoga-paTTa

[Rolf Heiner Koch]

Probably you can check the Jataka 547: Vessantara
is also sitting before his hut and wearing thuch a
thing. It is also shown in Sanchi. Vessantara, the
king, who gave all away, also his 2 childs and
finally his wife. Then Indra appeared and he got
all back. In the PTS-dictionary there you may find
sv paTTa the term AyogapaTTa.
Check please Coomarasvami, Bulletin of Madras
museum, s. v.: He seems to mention the term.

RoHeKo
roheko at msn.com
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Datum: Samstag, 13. Juni 1998 15:54
Betreff: Re: yoga-paTTa


>Given this reasoning by DEVARAKONDA VENKATA
NARAYANA SARMA:
>
>>In the yoga sutras of Patanjali, AsanA which is
one of the aSTAngAs
>>(which are the necessary aids) of yoga, is
defined as
>>
>>sthira-sukhamAsanaM
>>
>>AsanA is the one that is stable and comfortable.
This will be an aid in
>>allowing the sAdhakA to forget his body and
loose himself in meditation.
>>Yoga-paTTa seems to help in making your posture
stable and comfortable.
>
>I wonder how widespread the use of a yoga-paTTa
actually is.
>