recaka, p •uuraka , kum bhaka

[Dominic Goodall]

Many thanks, Christophe, for these references.

What I was hoping for was something closer in date to Kau.n.dinya’s Pa~ncaarthabhaa.sya (C4th–C6th??), which I imagine to be considerably earlier than the Yogabhaa.syavivara.na (C7th–9th??), and earlier than the passages you quote.  I was wondering whether anybody might be aware of evidence that would weaken or strengthen the hypothesis that the recaka-puura.na-kumbhaka terminology comes from a Shaiva tradition of yoga.  After Kau.n.dinya, the next passage in which the terminology occurs, it seems to me, may be chapter 4 of the Nayasuutra of the Ni"svaasatattvasa.mhitaa (C6th?), and there kumbhaka has joined recaka and puura.na.

Yours,
Dominic

On 21-Mar-2011, at 3:37 PM, Christophe Vielle wrote:

> Dear Dominic,
> 
> I do not have any idea of the relative date ascribed to the Yoga-yaajña-valkya where the terms are used (6.24-25), but there is also the BhaagavataPuraa.na 3.28.9,
> and also the Ii/svaragiitaa of the KuurmaPuraa.na (XI.36 transl. Dumont 1933: 142-3):
> recaka.h puuraka/s caiva praa.naayaamo 'tha kumbhaka.h /
> procyate sarva/saastre.su yogibhir yatamaanasai.h //
> (nothing seen in the paa/supatayoga of the VaaP 10.73 sq. // MaarkP ch. 39 Bibl. Ind., mainly on maatraas in the praa.naayaama)
> See also the later Ii/saana/sivagurudevapaddhati (IV - Yogapaada, pa.tala 2, v. 42 sq. = TSS vol. 4 p. 625),
> and the JaiSa (unpublished) adh. 51 (or 52) v. 35:
> recapuurakakumbhaadinyaayenaabhyasata.h /sanai.h /
> a/se.sapaapak.sayak.rt praa.naayaamo dinedine //
> 
> Best,
> Christophe
> 
>> Dear list,
>> 
>> I hope you won't mind a another terminological discussion related to yoga !
>> 
>> Is it known when the terminology of recaka, p•raka/p•ra?a, kumbhaka first started to be used for prÇ?ÇyÇma ?
>> 
>> It seems that the Yogas•tra (2.49) and YogabhÇ?ya speak rather of ÊvÇsa and praÊvÇsa (in 2.49). 
>> 
>> In the tradition of commentaries on the s•tras perhaps it is the YogabhÇ?yavivara?a which first uses the recaka-p•raka-kumbhaka terminology ?
>> 
>> Kau??inya's PañcÇrthabhÇ?ya (on PÇÊupata 1.16) refers to recaka and p•ra?a. Are there other attestations likely to be earlier than the YogabhÇ?yavivara?a ?
>> 
>> 
>> Dominic Goodall
>> École française d'Extrême-Orient,
>> Pondicherry
> 
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